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单词 morological
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morologicaladj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: morology n., -ical suffix.
Etymology: < morology n. + -ical suffix; in quot. 1607 at main sense probably after Middle French morologique (1566). Compare also Middle French morologicalement, adverb (1590). N.E.D. (1908) indicates the stress as moroˈlogical.
Obsolete.
Of, relating to, or characterized by folly or foolish words.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective]
unthriftyc1450
bribble-brabble1573
morological1607
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] > relating to science of
morological1867
1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 269 The old maner [of preaching] was, to make one part Allegoricall, another Anagogicall, and a third Tropological: whereas they should haue made one part Morological, another Mythological, and a third Pseudological.
1867 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings (1869) I. 320 If the condition of liberalism be insisted upon, as well as the morological..conditions of mind necessary to such a question, there is but one man in the House who can put it.

Derivatives

morologically adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb] > as regards science
morologically1865
1865 Visct. Strangford Lett. & Papers (1878) 164 Morologically speaking, the production is no richer or sillier than your prize-fool from Gloucestershire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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