plummet-likeadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈplʌmɪtlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpləmətlaɪk/

Forms: see plummet n. and -like suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plummet n., -like suffix.

Etymology: < plummet n. + -like suffix.

Resembling a plummet. Also as adv.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > other shapes

plummet-like1605

semilunar1681

cordated1698

cordate1760

obcordate1775

club-shaped1776

flabelliform1777

obovate1785

button-shaped1791

clavate1803

placentiform?a1808

obovoid1819

valviform1819

constricted1826

vulviform1829

mitrate1836

bipenniform1842

sandaliform1848

scopiform1852

obclavate1856

obcordiform1857

oboval1857

utriform1860

broadsword-shaped1870

placentoid1885

hypsiloid1886

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 494 Pale Phlegme, moist Autumne, Water moistly-cold, The Plommet-like-smooth-sliding Tennor hold.

1616 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads in Whole Wks. xxiv. 328 Plummet-like, put in an oxes horne That beares death to the raw-fed fish.

1870 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 321/2 Women of education and some breeding..seldom descend with the plummet-like promptness of men.

1885 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 1 110 We have exactly the use of these plummet-like stones as explained by the Santa Barbara Indians.

1946 W. C. Williams Paterson i. §i Instead of descending with a plummet-like fall his body wavered in the air.

1965 Amer. Antiq. 31 291/2 The lowermost deposits were characterized by plummetlike grooved cobbles.

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

单词	plummet-like
释义	plummet-likeadj.adv. Brit. /ˈplʌmɪtlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈpləmətlaɪk/ Forms: see plummet n. and -like suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plummet n., -like suffix. Etymology: < plummet n. + -like suffix. Resembling a plummet. Also as adv. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > other shapes plummet-like1605 semilunar1681 cordated1698 cordate1760 obcordate1775 club-shaped1776 flabelliform1777 obovate1785 button-shaped1791 clavate1803 placentiform?a1808 obovoid1819 valviform1819 constricted1826 vulviform1829 mitrate1836 bipenniform1842 sandaliform1848 scopiform1852 obclavate1856 obcordiform1857 oboval1857 utriform1860 broadsword-shaped1870 placentoid1885 hypsiloid1886 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 494 Pale Phlegme, moist Autumne, Water moistly-cold, The Plommet-like-smooth-sliding Tennor hold. 1616 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads in Whole Wks. xxiv. 328 Plummet-like, put in an oxes horne That beares death to the raw-fed fish. 1870 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 321/2 Women of education and some breeding..seldom descend with the plummet-like promptness of men. 1885 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 1 110 We have exactly the use of these plummet-like stones as explained by the Santa Barbara Indians. 1946 W. C. Williams Paterson i. §i Instead of descending with a plummet-like fall his body wavered in the air. 1965 Amer. Antiq. 31 291/2 The lowermost deposits were characterized by plummetlike grooved cobbles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1605
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