myrmecicadj.

Brit.

/məːˈmiːsɪk/, U.S.

/mərˈmisɪk/

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

Etymology: < ancient Greek μυρμηκ- (see myrmeco- comb. form) + -ic suffix. Compare French †myrmecique (Cotgrave, 1611).The source translated in quot. 1789 uses German Ameisensäure, elsewhere rendered by Hopson as ‘acid of ants’.

rare.

Relating to or obtained from ants; antlike.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > of or relating to ants > resembling ants

formicarian1607

myrmecic1789

myrmecoid1861

formicine1885

1789 C. R. Hopson in tr. J. C. Wiegleb Gen. Syst. Chem. (table) Single Elective Attractions... Acids... Myrmecic.

1796 S. Dickson Ess. Chem. Nomencl. iv. 215 Formiceous acid... The French entitle it formic acid; though, had they been consistent in their etymologies, they would have styled it, with Dr. Hopson, myrmecic.

1905 H. W. Fowler & F. G. Fowler tr. Lucian Wks. III. 137 They no doubt have, on their modest myrmecic scale [Gr. κατὰ λόγον τοῦ μυρμήκων βίου], their architects and politicians.

1919 W. Osler Old Humanities 12 Of the function of the classical members in this myrmecic community there can be no question.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	myrmecic
释义	myrmecicadj. Brit. /məːˈmiːsɪk/, U.S. /mərˈmisɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μυρμηκ- , -ic suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek μυρμηκ- (see myrmeco- comb. form) + -ic suffix. Compare French †myrmecique (Cotgrave, 1611).The source translated in quot. 1789 uses German Ameisensäure, elsewhere rendered by Hopson as ‘acid of ants’. rare. Relating to or obtained from ants; antlike. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > of or relating to ants > resembling ants formicarian1607 myrmecic1789 myrmecoid1861 formicine1885 1789 C. R. Hopson in tr. J. C. Wiegleb Gen. Syst. Chem. (table) Single Elective Attractions... Acids... Myrmecic. 1796 S. Dickson Ess. Chem. Nomencl. iv. 215 Formiceous acid... The French entitle it formic acid; though, had they been consistent in their etymologies, they would have styled it, with Dr. Hopson, myrmecic. 1905 H. W. Fowler & F. G. Fowler tr. Lucian Wks. III. 137 They no doubt have, on their modest myrmecic scale [Gr. κατὰ λόγον τοῦ μυρμήκων βίου], their architects and politicians. 1919 W. Osler Old Humanities 12 Of the function of the classical members in this myrmecic community there can be no question. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1789
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