-dactylycomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. arachnodactyly n.

Origin: Fiormed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: -dactyl comb. form, -y suffix³.

Etymology: < -dactyl comb. form + -y suffix³, originally after French -dactylie (in e.g. polydactylie polydactyly n.). Compare Byzantine Greek -δακτυλια (in ἑξαδακτυλία possession of six fingers) and scientific Latin -dactylia (after French; in e.g. ectrodactylia ectrodactyly n.). Compare -dactylism comb. form.Formations are found from the mid 19th cent., in early use chiefly after French models.

Medicine and Zoology.

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Forming nouns denoting normal or abnormal conditions of the digits, of the type specified by the first element; usually corresponding to adjectives in -dactyl comb. form or -dactylous comb. form. Compare -dactylism comb. form.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-dactyly
释义	-dactylycomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. arachnodactyly n. Origin: Fiormed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: -dactyl comb. form, -y suffix³. Etymology: < -dactyl comb. form + -y suffix³, originally after French -dactylie (in e.g. polydactylie polydactyly n.). Compare Byzantine Greek -δακτυλια (in ἑξαδακτυλία possession of six fingers) and scientific Latin -dactylia (after French; in e.g. ectrodactylia ectrodactyly n.). Compare -dactylism comb. form.Formations are found from the mid 19th cent., in early use chiefly after French models. Medicine and Zoology. Categories » Forming nouns denoting normal or abnormal conditions of the digits, of the type specified by the first element; usually corresponding to adjectives in -dactyl comb. form or -dactylous comb. form. Compare -dactylism comb. form. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form
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