Piscesn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪsiːz/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪˌsiz/

Forms:

α. Old English– Pisces, Middle English Piscis, Middle English Pisses, Middle English Pisshes (in a late copy), Middle English Pissis, 1500s Pysces; N.E.D. (1907) also records a form late Middle English Pysces.

β. (In sense A. 1a, in Latin genitive form) 1800s– Piscium Brit. /ˈpʌɪsɪəm/, U.S. /ˈpaɪsiəm/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Piscēs, Pisces.

Etymology: In sense A. 1 < classical Latin Piscēs, specific use of piscēs , plural of piscis fish (related to the Germanic base of fish n.¹). In sense A. 2 < scientific Latin Pisces, former class name, specific use of classical Latin piscēs.The use of the Latin genitive case form as postmodifier in star names (see sense A. 1a) is a practice that originated in post-classical Latin.

A. n.

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a. Astronomy. (The name of) an inconspicuous constellation on the ecliptic just north of the celestial equator, between Aquarius and Aries, traditionally said to represent a pair of fishes tied together by their tails; the Fishes. Also (in form Piscium) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated Psc (no point).

b. Astrology. (The name of) the twelfth sign of the zodiac (originally coincident with the constellation), usually associated with the period 19 February to 20 March; the Fishes. Symbol ♓.One of the 48 Ptolemaic constellations.

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OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iv. §14. 28 Ælc monað heo yrnð under an ðæra tacna. An ðæra tacna is gehaten Aries þæt is Ramm... Twelfte is Pisces þæt sind fixas.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1216 (MED) The tuelfthe, which is last of alle Of Signes, Piscis men it calle.

a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe ii. §28. 21 Alle the signes fro the heved of Libra unto the ende of Pisces ben clepid signes of the south fro the eqinoxial.

a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 8938 (MED) Whanne þei ben bore, þe mone þan is In a signe þat men calle Pissis.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 4039 Ver entrid full euyn, eger with all; The sun in his serkyll set in þe last, Passyng fro pisshes vnder playn course.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 13 The planet Mercurie seldome hath his euen rising in Pisces.

1654 tr. W. Blaeu Tutor to Astron. & Geogr. xx. 38 Pisces, consisting of many small stars, with a line connecting them.

1671 D. Cable tr. B. Valentinus Of Nat. & Supernat. Things viii. 135 In my Nativity of the twelve Signes in the Zodiack, Sagitary and Pisces were allotted unto me.

1726 G. Gordon Introd. to Geogr., Astron., & Dialling 64 In the Northern half of the Zodiack there are Aries, [etc.]. In the Southern, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces.

1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 532/2 On the parallel of London, as much of the ecliptic rises about Pisces and Aries in two hours as the moon goes through in six days.

1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. vii. 265 In the time of Hipparchus—2000 years ago—the Sun at the vernal equinox was in the constellation Aries; now-a-days it is in the constellation Pisces.

1893 J. E. Gore Visible Universe viii. 109 [Lockyer]..indicates stars like 49 Piscium.

1952 W. J. Miller Introd. Hist. Geol. (ed. 6) vii. 55/2 (caption) A very symmetrical spiral nebula in Pisces (M. 74).

1982 C. Rose Astrol. Counselling vii. 94 They [sc. the Sun and Mars] are conjunct in Pisces..and ♂ is within orb of a quincunx..aspect to Neptune.

1999 Daily Tel. 30 Sept. 27/6 Other double stars in Pisces..are Alpha Piscium, known also as Al Rischa, and Ps1 1 Piscium.

c. Astrology. A person born under the zodiacal sign of Pisces.

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Piscean1925

Pisces1969

1969 ‘V. Packer’ Don't rely on Gemini i. 1 Would a Pisces get along with a Capricorn?

1969 ‘V. Packer’ Don't rely on Gemini (1970) xviii. 159 We're both Pisces like Elizabeth Taylor.

1976 Woman 1 May 56/1 Intuition and sixth sense are passwords for Pisces, and this week you should virtually live by them, for safety's sake.

1990 M. Harris Hemingway's Suitcase ix. 53 Charmian is a Pisces, passive and wishy-washy but intuitive.

2. Zoology. Usually with capital initial. The large class of vertebrates comprising the fishes, excluding (in later use) the jawless and cartilaginous forms.The fishes are now known to be polyphyletic and the class name Pisces is no longer in technical use. Living jawed forms are now placed in the classes Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes ( Actinopterygii), and Choanichthyes (or Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii).

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fisha1400

(fish) of every fin1726

Pisces1805

fishery1828

1805 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 95 15 It appears that all the classes of animals are endowed with some power of producing thermometrical heat, since it has been so established in the amphibia, pisces, vermes, and insecta.

1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom 190 Class IV. Pisces... The class of Fisches is composed of oviparous vertebrata [etc.].

1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age 525 Class: Pisces.

1907 Science 18 Oct. 492/1 The Pisces of Linné included only the genera left after the exclusion of those just named and also of Myxine which last was transferred to the class of Vermes.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xvii. 439 If we leave the gristly fishes by themselves, and rank all the others in a separate class of Pisces, they may be divided up into three sub-classes.

1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) iii. 41 We may for convenience consider the four higher land groups as consisting a superclass Tetrapoda.., the fish making up a superclass Pisces.

2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life i. iii. 54 The group ‘Pisces’, which used to appear as a formal taxon in many traditional textbooks, is an extremely polyphyletic group.

B. adj.

Astrology. Born under the sign of Pisces; characteristic of a person born under this sign.

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crabbed1634

Aquarius1894

Aries1894

cancer1894

Capricorn1894

Gemini1894

Leo1894

libra1894

Virgo1894

Taurian1909

Cancerian1915

Arian1917

Piscean1924

Pisces1924

Sagittarian1924

scorpionic1924

Taurean1924

aquariana1963

1924 C. E. O. Carter Conc. Encycl. Psychol. Astrol. 142 Cancer and Pisces people are often retiring and shy among strangers.

1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play xii. 101 You're Pisces, darling... The lucky things for Pisces people are silver, bloodstone, and number seven.

1994 Rolling Stone 2 June 61/3 The Pisces soul is tender and has difficulty filtering out the negative.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pisces
释义	Piscesn.adj. Brit. /ˈpʌɪsiːz/, U.S. /ˈpaɪˌsiz/ Forms: α. Old English– Pisces, Middle English Piscis, Middle English Pisses, Middle English Pisshes (in a late copy), Middle English Pissis, 1500s Pysces; N.E.D. (1907) also records a form late Middle English Pysces. β. (In sense A. 1a, in Latin genitive form) 1800s– Piscium Brit. /ˈpʌɪsɪəm/, U.S. /ˈpaɪsiəm/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Piscēs, Pisces. Etymology: In sense A. 1 < classical Latin Piscēs, specific use of piscēs , plural of piscis fish (related to the Germanic base of fish n.¹). In sense A. 2 < scientific Latin Pisces, former class name, specific use of classical Latin piscēs.The use of the Latin genitive case form as postmodifier in star names (see sense A. 1a) is a practice that originated in post-classical Latin. A. n. 1. Thesaurus » Categories » a. Astronomy. (The name of) an inconspicuous constellation on the ecliptic just north of the celestial equator, between Aquarius and Aries, traditionally said to represent a pair of fishes tied together by their tails; the Fishes. Also (in form Piscium) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated Psc (no point). b. Astrology. (The name of) the twelfth sign of the zodiac (originally coincident with the constellation), usually associated with the period 19 February to 20 March; the Fishes. Symbol ♓.One of the 48 Ptolemaic constellations. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > particular signs > [noun] > Pisces PiscesOE OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iv. §14. 28 Ælc monað heo yrnð under an ðæra tacna. An ðæra tacna is gehaten Aries þæt is Ramm... Twelfte is Pisces þæt sind fixas. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1216 (MED) The tuelfthe, which is last of alle Of Signes, Piscis men it calle. a1450 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe ii. §28. 21 Alle the signes fro the heved of Libra unto the ende of Pisces ben clepid signes of the south fro the eqinoxial. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 8938 (MED) Whanne þei ben bore, þe mone þan is In a signe þat men calle Pissis. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 4039 Ver entrid full euyn, eger with all; The sun in his serkyll set in þe last, Passyng fro pisshes vnder playn course. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 13 The planet Mercurie seldome hath his euen rising in Pisces. 1654 tr. W. Blaeu Tutor to Astron. & Geogr. xx. 38 Pisces, consisting of many small stars, with a line connecting them. 1671 D. Cable tr. B. Valentinus Of Nat. & Supernat. Things viii. 135 In my Nativity of the twelve Signes in the Zodiack, Sagitary and Pisces were allotted unto me. 1726 G. Gordon Introd. to Geogr., Astron., & Dialling 64 In the Northern half of the Zodiack there are Aries, [etc.]. In the Southern, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius and Pisces. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 532/2 On the parallel of London, as much of the ecliptic rises about Pisces and Aries in two hours as the moon goes through in six days. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. vii. 265 In the time of Hipparchus—2000 years ago—the Sun at the vernal equinox was in the constellation Aries; now-a-days it is in the constellation Pisces. 1893 J. E. Gore Visible Universe viii. 109 [Lockyer]..indicates stars like 49 Piscium. 1952 W. J. Miller Introd. Hist. Geol. (ed. 6) vii. 55/2 (caption) A very symmetrical spiral nebula in Pisces (M. 74). 1982 C. Rose Astrol. Counselling vii. 94 They [sc. the Sun and Mars] are conjunct in Pisces..and ♂ is within orb of a quincunx..aspect to Neptune. 1999 Daily Tel. 30 Sept. 27/6 Other double stars in Pisces..are Alpha Piscium, known also as Al Rischa, and Ps1 1 Piscium. c. Astrology. A person born under the zodiacal sign of Pisces. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > particular signs > [noun] > Pisces > person born under Piscean1925 Pisces1969 1969 ‘V. Packer’ Don't rely on Gemini i. 1 Would a Pisces get along with a Capricorn? 1969 ‘V. Packer’ Don't rely on Gemini (1970) xviii. 159 We're both Pisces like Elizabeth Taylor. 1976 Woman 1 May 56/1 Intuition and sixth sense are passwords for Pisces, and this week you should virtually live by them, for safety's sake. 1990 M. Harris Hemingway's Suitcase ix. 53 Charmian is a Pisces, passive and wishy-washy but intuitive. 2. Zoology. Usually with capital initial. The large class of vertebrates comprising the fishes, excluding (in later use) the jawless and cartilaginous forms.The fishes are now known to be polyphyletic and the class name Pisces is no longer in technical use. Living jawed forms are now placed in the classes Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes ( Actinopterygii), and Choanichthyes (or Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [noun] > collective fisha1400 (fish) of every fin1726 Pisces1805 fishery1828 1805 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 95 15 It appears that all the classes of animals are endowed with some power of producing thermometrical heat, since it has been so established in the amphibia, pisces, vermes, and insecta. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom 190 Class IV. Pisces... The class of Fisches is composed of oviparous vertebrata [etc.]. 1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age 525 Class: Pisces. 1907 Science 18 Oct. 492/1 The Pisces of Linné included only the genera left after the exclusion of those just named and also of Myxine which last was transferred to the class of Vermes. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xvii. 439 If we leave the gristly fishes by themselves, and rank all the others in a separate class of Pisces, they may be divided up into three sub-classes. 1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) iii. 41 We may for convenience consider the four higher land groups as consisting a superclass Tetrapoda.., the fish making up a superclass Pisces. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life i. iii. 54 The group ‘Pisces’, which used to appear as a formal taxon in many traditional textbooks, is an extremely polyphyletic group. B. adj. Astrology. Born under the sign of Pisces; characteristic of a person born under this sign. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > particular signs > [adjective] crabbed1634 Aquarius1894 Aries1894 cancer1894 Capricorn1894 Gemini1894 Leo1894 libra1894 Virgo1894 Taurian1909 Cancerian1915 Arian1917 Piscean1924 Pisces1924 Sagittarian1924 scorpionic1924 Taurean1924 aquariana1963 1924 C. E. O. Carter Conc. Encycl. Psychol. Astrol. 142 Cancer and Pisces people are often retiring and shy among strangers. 1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play xii. 101 You're Pisces, darling... The lucky things for Pisces people are silver, bloodstone, and number seven. 1994 Rolling Stone 2 June 61/3 The Pisces soul is tender and has difficulty filtering out the negative. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.OE
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