† petrescentadj.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin petra rock, stone (see petro- comb. form¹) + -escent suffix. Compare earlier petrifactive adj., petrified adj., petrifying adj., and slightly later petrescency n., petrific adj. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (pĭtre·sĕnt) /pɪˈtrɛsənt/.

Obsolete.

Having the quality of petrifying, petrifactive. Also: becoming converted into stone or petrified; (Medicine) forming calculi.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > petrifying

petrificant1603

stoning1623

lapidescent1644

petrifactive1646

petrifying1649

petrous1657

petrescent1661

petrific1667

lapidifying1669

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > concretion

kernellyc1400

calculous1605

tartarous1605

calculating1607

tartareous1625

calculative1657

calculary1660

calculose1714

petrescent1758

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > becoming

petrescent1819

1661 R. Boyle Hist. Fluidity & Firmnesse ii, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 243 A Cave, from whose arched Roof there drop'd down a petrescent Liquor.

1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 766 Concerning petrescent Springs.

1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 216 The petrescent quality of his urine was..destroyed.

1763 Brit. Mag. 4 216 He thought it possible to make oysters and mussels breed pearls by feeding them with a proper petrescent water.

1819 H. Busk Banquet ii. 456* Round the lapideous tuft,..petrescent tendrils curl.

1865 A. J. H. Duganne Poet. Wks. 49 From the dust, where, long quiescent, Human hearts lay dead, petrescent, Rise they now.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	petrescent
释义	† petrescentadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin petra , -escent suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin petra rock, stone (see petro- comb. form¹) + -escent suffix. Compare earlier petrifactive adj., petrified adj., petrifying adj., and slightly later petrescency n., petrific adj. N.E.D. (1905) gives the pronunciation as (pĭtre·sĕnt) /pɪˈtrɛsənt/. Obsolete. Having the quality of petrifying, petrifactive. Also: becoming converted into stone or petrified; (Medicine) forming calculi. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > petrifying petrificant1603 stoning1623 lapidescent1644 petrifactive1646 petrifying1649 petrous1657 petrescent1661 petrific1667 lapidifying1669 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > concretion kernellyc1400 calculous1605 tartarous1605 calculating1607 tartareous1625 calculative1657 calculary1660 calculose1714 petrescent1758 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > becoming petrescent1819 1661 R. Boyle Hist. Fluidity & Firmnesse ii, in Certain Physiol. Ess. 243 A Cave, from whose arched Roof there drop'd down a petrescent Liquor. 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 766 Concerning petrescent Springs. 1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 216 The petrescent quality of his urine was..destroyed. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 216 He thought it possible to make oysters and mussels breed pearls by feeding them with a proper petrescent water. 1819 H. Busk Banquet ii. 456* Round the lapideous tuft,..petrescent tendrils curl. 1865 A. J. H. Duganne Poet. Wks. 49 From the dust, where, long quiescent, Human hearts lay dead, petrescent, Rise they now. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.1661
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