predaciousadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈdeɪʃəs/, U.S.

/prəˈdeɪʃəs/

Forms: 1600s– predacious, 1700s– predaceous.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin praedārī pread v. + -acious suffix. Compare Italian predace (a1561). Compare earlier predatory adj., predatitious adj.With the form predaceous compare -aceous suffix.

1. Seeking to exploit others; rapacious; given to, or living by, plunder or marauding; = predatory adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stealing or inclined to

bribering?1529

picking1535

thievish1538

prigging1567

felonous1570

thieving1598

Hungarian1608

theftuous1632

felonious1637

predacious1665

furacious1676

priggish1699

furtive1816

kleptic1865

1665 E. Waterhouse Gentlemans Monitor xxix. 247 The very light of nature taught men to censure them to death that were predacious upon God in any kind.

1770 A. Brice Mobiad 151 Right gallant as list Britain's nettled Sons To singe th'insulting, proud, predacious Dons.

1826 Times 4 Dec. 4/1 Our judges are daily expressing their regret at the inadequacy of our statutes to protect or redress the sufferers by this predacious class.

1836 W. Irving Astoria (1849) 383 They are now in a land of danger, subject to the wide roamings of a predacious tribe.

1882 Helena (Montana) Independent 25 May 1/5 As for the Turkomans, what bribe have we to offer those predacious people compared to that blissful looting of India which Russia could dangle before their eyes?

1963 J. Wiesenfarth Henry James iv. 92 A predaceous amoral society.

1984 T. McGuane Something to be Desired ix. 92 This was the Suzanne Lucien remembered best. Touching, emotional, sweet and predacious.

2005 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 19 Aug. sw28 It's my fear of being overbearing or predacious that has kept me from moving things along, but I am far more physically oriented and passionate than women seem to perceive.

2. Of an animal: that preys on other animals; that subsists by the capture of living prey; predatory, raptorial. Also: (of a fungal parasite) that kills its host.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > carnivorous > predatory

ravishingc1350

of reif1457

rapacious1647

predatory1668

predacious1713

raptorial1827

raptatory1836

raptatorial1857

the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > harmful or parasitic fungi > [adjective]

mouldy1579

predacious1713

mucedinous1854

mucorinous1857

ustilaginous1857

mucoraceous1862

mucorioid1865

uredinous1865

mucorinious1874

mucorine1880

autoecious1882

heteroecious1882

metoecious1882

metoxenous1887

uredine1889

ustilagineous1889

mycorrhizal1900

mycorrhizic1904

sphacelial1909

rhynchosporium1918

mucorine1942

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. ix. i. 339 Those are endowed with Poyson, because they are predaceous.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 195 One predaceous creature caught in the very act of gorging his prey.

1840 Times 2 Dec. 4/2 It had been taken possession of by foxes, or other predacious animals, which had hoarded the bones.

1877 E. Coues Fur-bearing Animals iii. 60 Strictly carnivorous, predacious, and destructive to many kinds of small Mammals and Birds.

1936 Mycologia 28 307 (heading) A new predaceous fungus.

1971 R. C. W. Berkeley in L. E. Hawker & A. H. Linton Micro-organisms xii. 512 The activities of the predacious fungi have been much investigated in the hope that they could provide an effective means of controlling root parasitic eelworms.

1991 Sci. Amer. Aug. 74/3 Predaceous robber flies..occupy the same habitats as beewolves and are often seen attacking the males.

3. Of or relating to predatory animals or predation.

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the world > animals > by eating habits > eating habits > [adjective] > predatory (of feeding)

predatory1781

raptorious1819

predacious1822

raptorial1839

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 651 He is as troublesome by his sudden and predacious sallies, I mean the gnat and the musqueto-fly.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 363 A barrier against the predacious attempts on the stock.

1877 E. Coues Fur-bearing Animals iv. 128 The instincts and predacious habits of the Weasels and Stoats.

1933 Jrnl. Washington Acad. Sci. 23 140 Adhesion on hyphal tips..appears to be effective in the somewhat more feebly predacious activity of a fungus bearing solitary spores.

1985 Nat. Hist. (Nexis) Dec. 34 Circumstantial evidence also suggests a predacious interest in armored animals... The jaw could not have bitten clean through prey but may..have worked like a nutcracker to break the exoskeleton of trilobites.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	predacious
释义	predaciousadj. Brit. /prᵻˈdeɪʃəs/, U.S. /prəˈdeɪʃəs/ Forms: 1600s– predacious, 1700s– predaceous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praedārī , -acious suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin praedārī pread v. + -acious suffix. Compare Italian predace (a1561). Compare earlier predatory adj., predatitious adj.With the form predaceous compare -aceous suffix. 1. Seeking to exploit others; rapacious; given to, or living by, plunder or marauding; = predatory adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stealing or inclined to bribering?1529 picking1535 thievish1538 prigging1567 felonous1570 thieving1598 Hungarian1608 theftuous1632 felonious1637 predacious1665 furacious1676 priggish1699 furtive1816 kleptic1865 1665 E. Waterhouse Gentlemans Monitor xxix. 247 The very light of nature taught men to censure them to death that were predacious upon God in any kind. 1770 A. Brice Mobiad 151 Right gallant as list Britain's nettled Sons To singe th'insulting, proud, predacious Dons. 1826 Times 4 Dec. 4/1 Our judges are daily expressing their regret at the inadequacy of our statutes to protect or redress the sufferers by this predacious class. 1836 W. Irving Astoria (1849) 383 They are now in a land of danger, subject to the wide roamings of a predacious tribe. 1882 Helena (Montana) Independent 25 May 1/5 As for the Turkomans, what bribe have we to offer those predacious people compared to that blissful looting of India which Russia could dangle before their eyes? 1963 J. Wiesenfarth Henry James iv. 92 A predaceous amoral society. 1984 T. McGuane Something to be Desired ix. 92 This was the Suzanne Lucien remembered best. Touching, emotional, sweet and predacious. 2005 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 19 Aug. sw28 It's my fear of being overbearing or predacious that has kept me from moving things along, but I am far more physically oriented and passionate than women seem to perceive. 2. Of an animal: that preys on other animals; that subsists by the capture of living prey; predatory, raptorial. Also: (of a fungal parasite) that kills its host. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > carnivorous > predatory ravishingc1350 of reif1457 rapacious1647 predatory1668 predacious1713 raptorial1827 raptatory1836 raptatorial1857 the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > harmful or parasitic fungi > [adjective] mouldy1579 predacious1713 mucedinous1854 mucorinous1857 ustilaginous1857 mucoraceous1862 mucorioid1865 uredinous1865 mucorinious1874 mucorine1880 autoecious1882 heteroecious1882 metoecious1882 metoxenous1887 uredine1889 ustilagineous1889 mycorrhizal1900 mycorrhizic1904 sphacelial1909 rhynchosporium1918 mucorine1942 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. ix. i. 339 Those are endowed with Poyson, because they are predaceous. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 195 One predaceous creature caught in the very act of gorging his prey. 1840 Times 2 Dec. 4/2 It had been taken possession of by foxes, or other predacious animals, which had hoarded the bones. 1877 E. Coues Fur-bearing Animals iii. 60 Strictly carnivorous, predacious, and destructive to many kinds of small Mammals and Birds. 1936 Mycologia 28 307 (heading) A new predaceous fungus. 1971 R. C. W. Berkeley in L. E. Hawker & A. H. Linton Micro-organisms xii. 512 The activities of the predacious fungi have been much investigated in the hope that they could provide an effective means of controlling root parasitic eelworms. 1991 Sci. Amer. Aug. 74/3 Predaceous robber flies..occupy the same habitats as beewolves and are often seen attacking the males. 3. Of or relating to predatory animals or predation. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > eating habits > [adjective] > predatory (of feeding) predatory1781 raptorious1819 predacious1822 raptorial1839 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 651 He is as troublesome by his sudden and predacious sallies, I mean the gnat and the musqueto-fly. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 363 A barrier against the predacious attempts on the stock. 1877 E. Coues Fur-bearing Animals iv. 128 The instincts and predacious habits of the Weasels and Stoats. 1933 Jrnl. Washington Acad. Sci. 23 140 Adhesion on hyphal tips..appears to be effective in the somewhat more feebly predacious activity of a fungus bearing solitary spores. 1985 Nat. Hist. (Nexis) Dec. 34 Circumstantial evidence also suggests a predacious interest in armored animals... The jaw could not have bitten clean through prey but may..have worked like a nutcracker to break the exoskeleton of trilobites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1665
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