monticulen.

Brit.

/ˈmɒntᵻkjuːl/, U.S.

/ˈmɑn(t)əˌkjul/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monticule.

Etymology: < French monticule (1488 in Middle French) < classical Latin monticulus (2nd cent. a.d.) < monti- , alternative stem of mōns mount n.¹ + -culus -cule suffix.The same word was earlier borrowed < Middle French into English as monticle n.; the present entry apparently shows later reborrowing.

a. A small mountain or hill; = monticle n. Also in figurative contexts.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill or mountain > [noun] > small

monticle1490

monticule1777

1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain I. xx. 173 The ancient towers, which at first attracted my notice..were dwindled into pig-sties upon a monticule.

1801 Ann. Reg. 1799 (Otridge ed.) i. 46/2 Five sources contribute to form these fountains, which send up to the top little monticules of sand.

1818 J. Mitford in Observer 15 Nov. 4/1 Mount Ida (a small monticule so named).

1851 G. P. R. James Henry Smeaton 3/1 The wide valley studded with little knolls, and monticules covered with turf still green.

1864 M. Eyre Lady's Walks S. of France xxi. 236 On a high monticule frowns the grim old ruin.

1904 Speaker 19 Mar. 592/2 An amphitheatre of abrupt monticules.

1952 A. John Chiaroscuro 220 That tumultuous range of speckled monticules which Provence wears on her brows.

†b. Geology. A small conical mound produced by deposition from a volcanic eruption, geyser, etc. Obsolete.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [noun] > cone or peak

pike1555

puy1827

cone1830

hornito1830

monticule1830

cinder-cone1849

parasitic cone1863

mud cone1868

piton1886

driblet cone1888

sommac1910

shield1937

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 211 Pallas..enumerates a great many hot springs, which have deposited monticules of travertine.

1845 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 39 291 One can still look down from the edges upon the summits of the monticules which rise within the cauldron-like crater.

1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. ii. 41 The lower monticules and parasitic craters.

2. Chiefly Palaeontology. A minute swelling or bump; spec. any of the low mounds formed at intervals on the surface of some stenolaemate bryozoan colonies by clusters of modified zooecia.

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the world > life > the body > skin > protuberance > [noun]

caruncle1615

ridge1684

nipple1706

monticule1874

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > rounded projection

boss1386

ball1530

tubercle1556

tubercule1596

tuberculum1597

tuberosity1611

caruncle1615

papilla1671

bulb1716

tuber1741

mammula1815

mamilla1818

tuberculation1820

verruca1822

monticule1874

miliary1880

1874 H. A. Nicholson in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 30 501 The presence of ‘monticules’ or ‘mamelons’ from which the name Monticulipora was derived, cannot be relied upon.

1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 287 Fossils also undergo so-called secondary replacement, when their forms become distorted and rough, and little circular monticules of silica are distributed over and through their shells and skeletons.

1953 R. C. Moore Treat. Invertebr. Zool. G. 694/1 Zoarium encrusting, ramose..; generally with regularly spaced monticules.

1975 Geol. Mag. 112 602 Monticules acted as areas above which chimneys of exhalant currents were created by the zooids as part of their feeding activity.

1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) vi. 146/2 Sometimes the zooecial apertures are clustered in groups at the summit of small mounds (monticules).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monticule
释义	monticulen. Brit. /ˈmɒntᵻkjuːl/, U.S. /ˈmɑn(t)əˌkjul/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monticule. Etymology: < French monticule (1488 in Middle French) < classical Latin monticulus (2nd cent. a.d.) < monti- , alternative stem of mōns mount n.¹ + -culus -cule suffix.The same word was earlier borrowed < Middle French into English as monticle n.; the present entry apparently shows later reborrowing. 1. a. A small mountain or hill; = monticle n. Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill or mountain > [noun] > small monticle1490 monticule1777 1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain I. xx. 173 The ancient towers, which at first attracted my notice..were dwindled into pig-sties upon a monticule. 1801 Ann. Reg. 1799 (Otridge ed.) i. 46/2 Five sources contribute to form these fountains, which send up to the top little monticules of sand. 1818 J. Mitford in Observer 15 Nov. 4/1 Mount Ida (a small monticule so named). 1851 G. P. R. James Henry Smeaton 3/1 The wide valley studded with little knolls, and monticules covered with turf still green. 1864 M. Eyre Lady's Walks S. of France xxi. 236 On a high monticule frowns the grim old ruin. 1904 Speaker 19 Mar. 592/2 An amphitheatre of abrupt monticules. 1952 A. John Chiaroscuro 220 That tumultuous range of speckled monticules which Provence wears on her brows. †b. Geology. A small conical mound produced by deposition from a volcanic eruption, geyser, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [noun] > cone or peak pike1555 puy1827 cone1830 hornito1830 monticule1830 cinder-cone1849 parasitic cone1863 mud cone1868 piton1886 driblet cone1888 sommac1910 shield1937 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 211 Pallas..enumerates a great many hot springs, which have deposited monticules of travertine. 1845 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 39 291 One can still look down from the edges upon the summits of the monticules which rise within the cauldron-like crater. 1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. ii. 41 The lower monticules and parasitic craters. 2. Chiefly Palaeontology. A minute swelling or bump; spec. any of the low mounds formed at intervals on the surface of some stenolaemate bryozoan colonies by clusters of modified zooecia. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > protuberance > [noun] caruncle1615 ridge1684 nipple1706 monticule1874 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > rounded projection boss1386 ball1530 tubercle1556 tubercule1596 tuberculum1597 tuberosity1611 caruncle1615 papilla1671 bulb1716 tuber1741 mammula1815 mamilla1818 tuberculation1820 verruca1822 monticule1874 miliary1880 1874 H. A. Nicholson in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 30 501 The presence of ‘monticules’ or ‘mamelons’ from which the name Monticulipora was derived, cannot be relied upon. 1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 287 Fossils also undergo so-called secondary replacement, when their forms become distorted and rough, and little circular monticules of silica are distributed over and through their shells and skeletons. 1953 R. C. Moore Treat. Invertebr. Zool. G. 694/1 Zoarium encrusting, ramose..; generally with regularly spaced monticules. 1975 Geol. Mag. 112 602 Monticules acted as areas above which chimneys of exhalant currents were created by the zooids as part of their feeding activity. 1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) vi. 146/2 Sometimes the zooecial apertures are clustered in groups at the summit of small mounds (monticules). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1777
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