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单词 meandric
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meandricadj.

Forms: 1600s meandrick, 1800s meandric.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin maeandr- , maeander , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin maeandr-, maeander meander n. + -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin maeandricus (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), French méandrique (1813), and earlier meandry adj.
Obsolete. rare.
= meandrous adj.
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the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding
winding1555
straying1585
crankling1596
meandrian1608
tortive1609
meandered1612
serpentine1615
snailing1615
meandering1617
meandrous1639
meandric1658
wandering1667
wimpling1721
spiral1796
circumvolutory1834
wormy1869
twistering1872
twistified1872
twistical1890
1658 T. Carwell (title) Labarynthus Cantuariensis: or Doctor Lawd's Labyrinth... Wherein the true grounds of the Roman Catholique Religion are asserted, the principall Controuersies betwixt Catholiques and Protestants throughly examined, and the Bishop's meandrick windings throughout his whole worke layd open to publique view.
1858 C. Girard Fishes (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific X) iv. 29 The sides of the head [of the fish Pomotis breviceps] exhibit irregular or meandric bluish (as preserved in alcohol) lines.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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