accipitrineadj.

Brit.

/akˈsɪpᵻtrʌɪn/, U.S.

/æ(k)ˈsɪpəˌtraɪn/,

/æ(k)ˈsɪpəˌtrən/,

/æ(k)ˈsɪpətrin/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French accipitrin; Latin accipitrinus.

Etymology: < (i) French accipitrin (1756 or earlier), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin accipitrinus of or relating to a hawk (1569 or earlier; from late 18th cent. as a specific name in scientific Latin) < classical Latin accipitr- , accipiter accipiter n. + -īnus -ine suffix¹. Compare classical Latin accipitrīna rapacity, post-classical Latin accipitrina hawkweed (4th cent.). Compare aquiline adj.

Ornithology.

Originally: designating or belonging to the former order or group Accipitres of birds of prey. In later use spec.: belonging to the family Accipitridae , which includes most broad-winged diurnal birds of prey, or (now chiefly) the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the accipiters and their relatives. Also figurative: hawk-like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [adjective]

accipitrine1802

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > clear- or sharp-sighted

bright-eyeda1393

sightya1400

well-eyeda1425

well-seeing?a1425

eagle-eyeda1475

well-sighteda1529

clear-eyed1530

quick-sighted1542

oculate1549

quick-eyed1561

eyed1563

sharpsighted1571

clear-sighted1586

eagle-sighted1589

lynx-eyed1597

mouse-eyed1599

lycophosed1600

lycophosy1600

right-eyed1600

nimble-eyed1605

perspicacious1616

lyncean1622

piercing-sighted1630

perspicuous1657

sharp-eyed1672

gimlet-eyed1752

keen-eyed1781

keen-sighted1813

hawk-eyed1818

accipitrine1872

accipitral1881

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [adjective]

round-winged1575

accipitrine1978

1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Shrike The great Linnæus had changed his opinion more than once, and at last left it in the Accipitrine order.

1838 Pen. Cycl. XI. 513/2 M. Latreille places the Secretary in his second family of the Diurnal tribe of Rapacious birds, viz. the Accipitrine.

1872 J. Ruskin Eagle's Nest §11 The difference between man and man is in the quickness and quality, the accipitrine intensity, the olfactory choice, of his νους.

1905 Rep. 10th Meeting Australasian Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 233 Vast districts in the interior of Australia are almost devoid of life, and contain few accipitrine birds.

1978 P. Matthiessen Snow Leopard ii. 109 On a rock not thirty feet away, an accipitrine hawk sits in silhouette against the mountains, and here it hunches while the sun goes down, nape feathers lifting in the wind, before diving after unseen prey over the rim of the ravine.

1988 Conservation Biol. 2 319 Management of 414 species of forest vertebrates could be achieved by managing for elk and three species of accipitrine hawks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	accipitrine
释义	accipitrineadj. Brit. /akˈsɪpᵻtrʌɪn/, U.S. /æ(k)ˈsɪpəˌtraɪn/, /æ(k)ˈsɪpəˌtrən/, /æ(k)ˈsɪpətrin/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French accipitrin; Latin accipitrinus. Etymology: < (i) French accipitrin (1756 or earlier), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin accipitrinus of or relating to a hawk (1569 or earlier; from late 18th cent. as a specific name in scientific Latin) < classical Latin accipitr- , accipiter accipiter n. + -īnus -ine suffix¹. Compare classical Latin accipitrīna rapacity, post-classical Latin accipitrina hawkweed (4th cent.). Compare aquiline adj. Ornithology. Originally: designating or belonging to the former order or group Accipitres of birds of prey. In later use spec.: belonging to the family Accipitridae , which includes most broad-winged diurnal birds of prey, or (now chiefly) the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the accipiters and their relatives. Also figurative: hawk-like. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [adjective] accipitrine1802 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > clear- or sharp-sighted bright-eyeda1393 sightya1400 well-eyeda1425 well-seeing?a1425 eagle-eyeda1475 well-sighteda1529 clear-eyed1530 quick-sighted1542 oculate1549 quick-eyed1561 eyed1563 sharpsighted1571 clear-sighted1586 eagle-sighted1589 lynx-eyed1597 mouse-eyed1599 lycophosed1600 lycophosy1600 right-eyed1600 nimble-eyed1605 perspicacious1616 lyncean1622 piercing-sighted1630 perspicuous1657 sharp-eyed1672 gimlet-eyed1752 keen-eyed1781 keen-sighted1813 hawk-eyed1818 accipitrine1872 accipitral1881 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [adjective] round-winged1575 accipitrine1978 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Shrike The great Linnæus had changed his opinion more than once, and at last left it in the Accipitrine order. 1838 Pen. Cycl. XI. 513/2 M. Latreille places the Secretary in his second family of the Diurnal tribe of Rapacious birds, viz. the Accipitrine. 1872 J. Ruskin Eagle's Nest §11 The difference between man and man is in the quickness and quality, the accipitrine intensity, the olfactory choice, of his νους. 1905 Rep. 10th Meeting Australasian Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 233 Vast districts in the interior of Australia are almost devoid of life, and contain few accipitrine birds. 1978 P. Matthiessen Snow Leopard ii. 109 On a rock not thirty feet away, an accipitrine hawk sits in silhouette against the mountains, and here it hunches while the sun goes down, nape feathers lifting in the wind, before diving after unseen prey over the rim of the ravine. 1988 Conservation Biol. 2 319 Management of 414 species of forest vertebrates could be achieved by managing for elk and three species of accipitrine hawks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1802
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