† meropicadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μέροπ- , μέροψ , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μέροπ-, μέροψ speaking articulately (see note s.v. merops n.) + -ic suffix. Compare slightly later merop adj.

Obsolete.

Gifted with the power of speech.Apparently an isolated use.

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1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 224 Mute creatures [seem] as capable of jealousy and resentment as loud-tongued meropic man!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meropic
释义	† meropicadj. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μέροπ- , μέροψ , -ic suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek μέροπ-, μέροψ speaking articulately (see note s.v. merops n.) + -ic suffix. Compare slightly later merop adj. Obsolete. Gifted with the power of speech.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 224 Mute creatures [seem] as capable of jealousy and resentment as loud-tongued meropic man! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1854
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