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单词 oligophorous
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oligophorousadj.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὀλιγοϕόρος , -ous suffix, French oligophore.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀλιγοϕόρος ( < ὀλιγο- oligo- comb. form + -ϕόρος : see -phorous comb. form) + -ous suffix, via Middle French, French †oligophore (1589; also 1595 in the passage translated in quot. 1600), post-classical Latin olygophorus (1608 in the passage translated in quot. 1657).
Obsolete.
Of wine: diluted, weak.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > weak or diluted
delayed1543
oligophorous1600
baptizeda1610
navigated1662
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. xxii. 802 The wines of high Normandie..be not strong or mightie, but oligophorous [Fr. Oligophores].
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ggv There are many sorts of wine differenced by their colour..virtue, and place;..from their virtue [they are called], vinous, aquous, polyphorous, multifarious, and oligophorous [L. olygophorum].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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