单词 | oligophorous |
释义 | † oligophorousadj. Obsolete. Of wine: diluted, weak. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1600 |
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