† podismn.

Forms: late Middle English pidisme (transmission error), late Middle English 1600s podisme, 1600s 1800s podism.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin podismus.

Etymology: < classical Latin podismus length measured in feet, area in square feet, area of ground, in post-classical Latin space of ground assigned to a legionary in battle (4th cent. in Vegetius, the source translated in quot. a1460 at sense 1) < Hellenistic Greek ποδισμός rhythm of the pulse, kind of dance, in medieval Greek also scansion < ancient Greek ποδίζειν to bind the feet, in medieval Greek also to measure by feet, scan ( < ποδ- , πούς foot (see -pod comb. form) + -ίζειν -ize suffix) + -ισμός -ism suffix. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pǫ·diz'm) /ˈpɒdɪz(ə)m/.

Obsolete. rare.

1. A space of ground assigned to a Roman legionary in battle array, a footing.

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the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > position for standing in

standing placec1425

fundamenta1450

standinga1450

podisma1460

footing placea1568

pou sto1831

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 68 (MED) Now the podisme [L. podismum], as whos wil sey, the space Of grounde vpon to fight..chiualers euerych ha footis iii To stonde vpon a foote and vi abacke That for his veer and leep no rowme hym lacke.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 89/1 Allowing to euery souldier a larg podisme or place to stand in.

2. Measurement using the feet. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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1681 Blount's Glossographia (ed. 5) Podism, a measuring by feet.

3. Medicine. Spasm or cramp in the foot. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > of specific muscles

dog spasm1615

wry-mouth1661

risus sardonius1663

lifeblood1733

locked jaw1754

laryngismus1822

podism1858

blepharospasm1872

Saturday night palsy1887

wrist clonus1888

cardiospasm1896

pylorospasm1898

wrist jerk1899

histrionic spasm1912

main d'accoucheur1926

twister's cramp-

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 989/2 Podismus, a term for spasm of the foot, or of the toes..: podism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	podism
释义	† podismn. Forms: late Middle English pidisme (transmission error), late Middle English 1600s podisme, 1600s 1800s podism. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin podismus. Etymology: < classical Latin podismus length measured in feet, area in square feet, area of ground, in post-classical Latin space of ground assigned to a legionary in battle (4th cent. in Vegetius, the source translated in quot. a1460 at sense 1) < Hellenistic Greek ποδισμός rhythm of the pulse, kind of dance, in medieval Greek also scansion < ancient Greek ποδίζειν to bind the feet, in medieval Greek also to measure by feet, scan ( < ποδ- , πούς foot (see -pod comb. form) + -ίζειν -ize suffix) + -ισμός -ism suffix. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (pǫ·diz'm) /ˈpɒdɪz(ə)m/. Obsolete. rare. 1. A space of ground assigned to a Roman legionary in battle array, a footing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > position for standing in standing placec1425 fundamenta1450 standinga1450 podisma1460 footing placea1568 pou sto1831 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 68 (MED) Now the podisme [L. podismum], as whos wil sey, the space Of grounde vpon to fight..chiualers euerych ha footis iii To stonde vpon a foote and vi abacke That for his veer and leep no rowme hym lacke. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 89/1 Allowing to euery souldier a larg podisme or place to stand in. 2. Measurement using the feet. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1681 Blount's Glossographia (ed. 5) Podism, a measuring by feet. 3. Medicine. Spasm or cramp in the foot. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > of specific muscles dog spasm1615 wry-mouth1661 risus sardonius1663 lifeblood1733 locked jaw1754 laryngismus1822 podism1858 blepharospasm1872 Saturday night palsy1887 wrist clonus1888 cardiospasm1896 pylorospasm1898 wrist jerk1899 histrionic spasm1912 main d'accoucheur1926 twister's cramp- 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 989/2 Podismus, a term for spasm of the foot, or of the toes..: podism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1460
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