posticaladj.

Brit.

/ˈpɒstᵻkl/,

/pɒˈstʌɪkl/, U.S.

/ˈpɑstək(ə)l/,

/pɑˈstaɪk(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin postīcus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin postīcus situated at the back, rear (see postic adj.) + -al suffix¹. With sense 1 compare earlier postic adj. With sense 2 compare earlier posticous adj., antical adj.¹

†1. Situated behind or at the back; rear. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [adjective]

afterOE

afterwardOE

hinderc1290

hinderera1340

hinda1400

backc1490

reara1500

posterior1578

rearward1581

backwarda1616

hindsome1634

postica1638

averse1646

postern1648

postical1657

reverse1675

aft1711

retrospective1785

hindward1797

retral1822

western1829

postjacent1878

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Nnn4^v Two doors; the one an outward door.., the other postical or inward [L. altera quae det ingressum ad popinam & aulam proximam].

2. Botany. Of, relating to or designating the lower (ventral) surface of a liverwort stem. Also: = posticous adj. (rare). Cf. antical adj.¹

ΘΚΠ

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

anterior1754

posticous1866

postical1882

posterior1914

1882 R. Spruce On Cephalozia 1 Postical ramification—all the branches springing from the back, or underside, of the stem.

1892 Bot. Gaz. 17 59 The postical scales in both genera are very irregularly lobed and dissected.

1922 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49 208 Plants slender and minute, consisting of stem and leaves and showing a pronounced dorsiventrality, with ventral (postical) roothairs and dorsal (antical)..leaves.

1965 Jrnl. Ecol. 53 527 Hagerup..has described five-lobed flowers, the odd petal being either antical or postical.

1991 New Phytologist 118 249/2 Shoots which are flagelliform from the outset in Lepidozia and Bazzania are ventral (postical) in origin from the leafy stems.

Derivatives

poˈstically adv. Botany

ΚΠ

1892 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20 8 Perianth ovate-fusiform, composed of a single layer of cells, strongly curved postically in the upper part.

1993 Brittonia 45 328/2 Leaflets sub-equilong, narrowing inequilaterally lanceolate from postically rounded, antically cuneate base.

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

单词	postical
释义	posticaladj. Brit. /ˈpɒstᵻkl/, /pɒˈstʌɪkl/, U.S. /ˈpɑstək(ə)l/, /pɑˈstaɪk(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin postīcus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin postīcus situated at the back, rear (see postic adj.) + -al suffix¹. With sense 1 compare earlier postic adj. With sense 2 compare earlier posticous adj., antical adj.¹ †1. Situated behind or at the back; rear. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [adjective] afterOE afterwardOE hinderc1290 hinderera1340 hinda1400 backc1490 reara1500 posterior1578 rearward1581 backwarda1616 hindsome1634 postica1638 averse1646 postern1648 postical1657 reverse1675 aft1711 retrospective1785 hindward1797 retral1822 western1829 postjacent1878 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Nnn4^v Two doors; the one an outward door.., the other postical or inward [L. altera quae det ingressum ad popinam & aulam proximam]. 2. Botany. Of, relating to or designating the lower (ventral) surface of a liverwort stem. Also: = posticous adj. (rare). Cf. antical adj.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adjective] > anterior or posterior anterior1754 posticous1866 postical1882 posterior1914 1882 R. Spruce On Cephalozia 1 Postical ramification—all the branches springing from the back, or underside, of the stem. 1892 Bot. Gaz. 17 59 The postical scales in both genera are very irregularly lobed and dissected. 1922 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49 208 Plants slender and minute, consisting of stem and leaves and showing a pronounced dorsiventrality, with ventral (postical) roothairs and dorsal (antical)..leaves. 1965 Jrnl. Ecol. 53 527 Hagerup..has described five-lobed flowers, the odd petal being either antical or postical. 1991 New Phytologist 118 249/2 Shoots which are flagelliform from the outset in Lepidozia and Bazzania are ventral (postical) in origin from the leafy stems. Derivatives poˈstically adv. Botany ΚΠ 1892 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20 8 Perianth ovate-fusiform, composed of a single layer of cells, strongly curved postically in the upper part. 1993 Brittonia 45 328/2 Leaflets sub-equilong, narrowing inequilaterally lanceolate from postically rounded, antically cuneate base. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1657
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