patulousadj.

Brit.

/ˈpatjᵿləs/, U.S.

/ˈpætʃələs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin patulus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin patulus wide-open, gaping, spread out, spreading ( < the stem of patēre to be open (see patent adj.) + -ulus -ulus suffix) + -ous suffix.

1. Chiefly Zoology and Medicine. Open; expanded; gaping.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > wide open or gaping

yawningc893

wideOE

wide open?c1225

gap-wide1582

gaping1594

mouthed1609

patulous1616

wide-opened1635

dehiscent1649

discontinuous1667

patulent1712

hiant1800

yawn-mouthed1861

1616 T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse 33 The eare yet heares more, then ever the eye saw: and by reason of the patulous admission, derives that to the vnderstanding, whereof the sight never had a glaunce.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ooo2 A Pottenger is another..a small, but patulous vessel.

1778 E. M. da Costa Hist. Nat. Testaceorum Brit. 16 On the under side, it is quite patulous, or wide open.

1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 60/2 By elasticity the proper patulous condition of certain canals and outlets is secured.

1881 Trans. Obstetr. Soc. 21 141 She thought herself about six months' pregnant: the os uteri was low down, patulous, and elongated.

1900 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 193 85 Death from cerebral anæmia is rapidly brought about by the immobilisation in the erect posture of rabbits with patulous abdomens.

1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) xxxi. 330 In this case the whole nose is enlarged, bulbous, deep-red or purple in colour, and studded over with patulous openings.

2002 Dermatol. Times (Nexis) 23 50 The weave [of the cleansing cloth] is designed to remove material from patulous pores common on the central face.

a. Botany. Of flowers, leaves, or other parts: spreading out. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adjective] > spreading or divergent

spoky1551

patulous1657

spreading1682

patent1753

divaricate1788

pervious1789

straddling1796

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ii3 Of Fennel... It is a kinde of ferulaceous Plant..; its muscary or top, round, patulous [L. patulo], broad, and circulated.

1757 Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 815 The rigid leaved Bell-flowers, with a diffusive panicle and patulous flowers.

1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 11 Calyx setaceous, patulous, longer than the spikelets.

1889 Bot. Gaz. 14 94 Lower leaves small, lanceolate-subulate, the upper larger, patulous, very flexuous.

1904 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31 322 These characteristics are the more robust habits.., the pale color, the longer stems with less patulous branches.

1986 Systematic Bot. 11 298 The smaller veins irregularly pinnatiform, their branches forming a patulous reticulum.

b. gen. Esp. of the boughs of a tree: spreading.Describing the boughs of a tree, after Virgil Eclogues 1. 1, ‘Tityre, tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out

openc1350

expanded?a1475

spread?c1510

splayeda1547

bredea1550

extended1552

spreaded1567

displayed1578

well-spread1600

outspreada1618

spreaden1620

expansed1628

extent1633

spread-out1644

explicate1661

expatiated1681

patulous1682

expatiate1702

sheeted1797

a-spread1879

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > spreading

spreading1560

patulous1682

1682 J. Gibbon Introd. ad Latinam Blasoniam 84 This Cross..is always made patulous at its ends.

1790 By-stander 72 Reclining..under the umbrage of a patulous beech.

1875 R. F. Burton Two Trips Gorilla Land (1876) I. 39 His hands and feet are large and patulous.

1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) I. xv. 227 The boughs of the patulous tree..afford a noble amplitude.

1989 Ambit No. 118. 60 A summer shower was drooping at the time I found him On a remote bench beneath a patulous tree.

2000 Times of India (Nexis) 24 Dec. It is said he found the baby under a patulous basil plant in his garden.

†3. Entomology. Of the wings of an insect: partly covering each other when at rest. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 337 Patulous..when wings at rest partly cover each other.

Derivatives

ˈpatulously adv. rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adverb] > open

patulously1881

1881 R. B. Watson in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 15 274 Inner lip spreads patulously.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	patulous
释义	patulousadj. Brit. /ˈpatjᵿləs/, U.S. /ˈpætʃələs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin patulus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin patulus wide-open, gaping, spread out, spreading ( < the stem of patēre to be open (see patent adj.) + -ulus -ulus suffix) + -ous suffix. 1. Chiefly Zoology and Medicine. Open; expanded; gaping. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > wide open or gaping yawningc893 wideOE wide open?c1225 gap-wide1582 gaping1594 mouthed1609 patulous1616 wide-opened1635 dehiscent1649 discontinuous1667 patulent1712 hiant1800 yawn-mouthed1861 1616 T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse 33 The eare yet heares more, then ever the eye saw: and by reason of the patulous admission, derives that to the vnderstanding, whereof the sight never had a glaunce. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ooo2 A Pottenger is another..a small, but patulous vessel. 1778 E. M. da Costa Hist. Nat. Testaceorum Brit. 16 On the under side, it is quite patulous, or wide open. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 60/2 By elasticity the proper patulous condition of certain canals and outlets is secured. 1881 Trans. Obstetr. Soc. 21 141 She thought herself about six months' pregnant: the os uteri was low down, patulous, and elongated. 1900 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 193 85 Death from cerebral anæmia is rapidly brought about by the immobilisation in the erect posture of rabbits with patulous abdomens. 1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) xxxi. 330 In this case the whole nose is enlarged, bulbous, deep-red or purple in colour, and studded over with patulous openings. 2002 Dermatol. Times (Nexis) 23 50 The weave [of the cleansing cloth] is designed to remove material from patulous pores common on the central face. 2. a. Botany. Of flowers, leaves, or other parts: spreading out. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adjective] > spreading or divergent spoky1551 patulous1657 spreading1682 patent1753 divaricate1788 pervious1789 straddling1796 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ii3 Of Fennel... It is a kinde of ferulaceous Plant..; its muscary or top, round, patulous [L. patulo], broad, and circulated. 1757 Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 815 The rigid leaved Bell-flowers, with a diffusive panicle and patulous flowers. 1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. 11 Calyx setaceous, patulous, longer than the spikelets. 1889 Bot. Gaz. 14 94 Lower leaves small, lanceolate-subulate, the upper larger, patulous, very flexuous. 1904 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31 322 These characteristics are the more robust habits.., the pale color, the longer stems with less patulous branches. 1986 Systematic Bot. 11 298 The smaller veins irregularly pinnatiform, their branches forming a patulous reticulum. b. gen. Esp. of the boughs of a tree: spreading.Describing the boughs of a tree, after Virgil Eclogues 1. 1, ‘Tityre, tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi’. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out openc1350 expanded?a1475 spread?c1510 splayeda1547 bredea1550 extended1552 spreaded1567 displayed1578 well-spread1600 outspreada1618 spreaden1620 expansed1628 extent1633 spread-out1644 explicate1661 expatiated1681 patulous1682 expatiate1702 sheeted1797 a-spread1879 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [adjective] > spreading spreading1560 patulous1682 1682 J. Gibbon Introd. ad Latinam Blasoniam 84 This Cross..is always made patulous at its ends. 1790 By-stander 72 Reclining..under the umbrage of a patulous beech. 1875 R. F. Burton Two Trips Gorilla Land (1876) I. 39 His hands and feet are large and patulous. 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) I. xv. 227 The boughs of the patulous tree..afford a noble amplitude. 1989 Ambit No. 118. 60 A summer shower was drooping at the time I found him On a remote bench beneath a patulous tree. 2000 Times of India (Nexis) 24 Dec. It is said he found the baby under a patulous basil plant in his garden. †3. Entomology. Of the wings of an insect: partly covering each other when at rest. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 337 Patulous..when wings at rest partly cover each other. Derivatives ˈpatulously adv. rare ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adverb] > open patulously1881 1881 R. B. Watson in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 15 274 Inner lip spreads patulously. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1616
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