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单词 orismology
释义

orismologyn.

Brit. /ˌɒrᵻzˈmɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌɔrəzˈmɑlədʒi/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὁρισμός , -logy comb. form.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ὁρισμός definition ( < ὁρίζειν to delimit, bound (see horizon n.) + -μος , suffix forming nouns), with omission of initial aspiration (see H n.) + -logy comb. form.
Now rare.
Technical terms collectively, terminology; (also) the explanation of such terms.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > nomenclature or terminology > [noun]
name-cleping1532
technology1658
terminology1770
nomenclature1785
orismology1815
glossology1832
1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. Pref. p. xii The Terminology..to avoid the barbarism of a word compounded of Latin and Greek; they would beg to call the Orismology of the science.
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 548/2 The orismology of any particular branch of zoological science.
1925 B. Dobrée Ess. in Biogr. 267 When they came to read poetry the voice of the reader would change, soften..: and the laboured lines would be drawled with as rapturous an intonation as ever parson used to bog a collect in canorous orismology.
1991 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 June 25 J A Cuddon's monument of literary orismology.

Derivatives

orismologic adj. Obsolete rare
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > nomenclature or terminology > [adjective]
terminological1773
nomenclatural1803
orismological1826
nomenclative1831
nomenclatory1875
orismologic1882
nomenclatorial1883
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Orismologic, pertaining to orismology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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