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单词 novaturient
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novaturientadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin novāt- , novāre , -urient suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin novāt-, past participial stem of novāre novate v. + -urient suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
Desirous of changes or alterations.
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the world > time > change > [adjective] > desiring change
novaturient1679
1679 W. Petty in E. Fitzmaurice Life Sir W. Petty (1895) 244 The novaturient world is gaping here after the like alterations for Ireland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

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novaturient
Occurring first in a few direct adoptions from Latin, as parturient (1592), †micturient (1654), esurient (a1672), and hence occasionally added to Latin stems to form adjectives with the meaning ‘desiring, characterized by a desire, (to do something)’, as in †novaturient (1679), nupturient, † vomiturient (1666).
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1878 Eagle (St. John's Coll., Cambr.) X. 81 The vapid concourse of dangling men and nupturient maids.
extracted from -urientsuffix
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