metamorphicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈmɔrfək(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s metmorphocall, 1900s– metamorphical.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metamorphosis n., -ical suffix.

Etymology: < metamorph- (in metamorphosis n.) + -ical suffix. Compare metamorphic adj.

Exhibiting or characterized by metamorphosis.

ΚΠ

1575 J. Wharton Misticall Deuise of Spirituall & Godly Love sig. A 2 For surely (gentle Reader) if thou couit to heare any olde bables, as I may terme them, or stale tales of Chauser, or to learne how Acteon came by his horned head: if thy mynde be fixed to any suche metmorphocall toyes, this booke is not apt nor fit for thy purpose.

1921 Jrnl. Philos. 18 126 A metamorphical language which gave rise to a large progeny of misunderstandings.

1996 ARTnews Oct. 110/2 Is he a born-again symbolist, as he has seemed to many writers since his work became openly metamorphical in the early 1980s?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metamorphical
释义	metamorphicaladj. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈmɔrfək(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s metmorphocall, 1900s– metamorphical. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metamorphosis n., -ical suffix. Etymology: < metamorph- (in metamorphosis n.) + -ical suffix. Compare metamorphic adj. Exhibiting or characterized by metamorphosis. ΚΠ 1575 J. Wharton Misticall Deuise of Spirituall & Godly Love sig. A 2 For surely (gentle Reader) if thou couit to heare any olde bables, as I may terme them, or stale tales of Chauser, or to learne how Acteon came by his horned head: if thy mynde be fixed to any suche metmorphocall toyes, this booke is not apt nor fit for thy purpose. 1921 Jrnl. Philos. 18 126 A metamorphical language which gave rise to a large progeny of misunderstandings. 1996 ARTnews Oct. 110/2 Is he a born-again symbolist, as he has seemed to many writers since his work became openly metamorphical in the early 1980s? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1575
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