pullulantadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌljᵿlənt/,

/ˈpʌljᵿln̩t/, U.S.

/ˈpəljəl(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pullulant-, pullulāns.

Etymology: < classical Latin pullulant-, pullulāns, present participle of pullulāre pullulate v. Compare Middle French, French pullulant swarming, teeming, rapidly growing or propagating (end of the 15th cent. as pulullant).

Now rare.

That is beginning to sprout or flourish; budding. Usually figurative.

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the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [adjective] > budding or having buds

gemmedc1420

embudded1523

budded1552

pullulant1558

budding1561

buddy1598

knotted1626

pullulating1666

in (the) knota1670

proliferous1674

prolified1866

proligerous1890

1558–9 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. lxi Heresies pullulant within the Diocie of Aberdene.

1704 H. Layton Observ. Treat. Happiness Good Men 64 in Arguments & Replies That which was breathed then into Adam's Nostrils was only a moderate portion of the Ambient Air, fit to fan and kindle in the pullulant Steams of his Blood and Humours.

1889 Scots Observer 4 Jan. Certain pullulant ébauches of definition.

1907 Daily Chron. 8 Aug. 3/1 Where we find a pullulant world of new ambitions and brilliant promises.

2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 19 Jan. 43 Playing symphonies on station forecourts is short-termist, short-sighted and pullulant with unforeseeable consequences.

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

单词	pullulant
释义	pullulantadj. Brit. /ˈpʌljᵿlənt/, /ˈpʌljᵿln̩t/, U.S. /ˈpəljəl(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pullulant-, pullulāns. Etymology: < classical Latin pullulant-, pullulāns, present participle of pullulāre pullulate v. Compare Middle French, French pullulant swarming, teeming, rapidly growing or propagating (end of the 15th cent. as pulullant). Now rare. That is beginning to sprout or flourish; budding. Usually figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [adjective] > budding or having buds gemmedc1420 embudded1523 budded1552 pullulant1558 budding1561 buddy1598 knotted1626 pullulating1666 in (the) knota1670 proliferous1674 prolified1866 proligerous1890 1558–9 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. lxi Heresies pullulant within the Diocie of Aberdene. 1704 H. Layton Observ. Treat. Happiness Good Men 64 in Arguments & Replies That which was breathed then into Adam's Nostrils was only a moderate portion of the Ambient Air, fit to fan and kindle in the pullulant Steams of his Blood and Humours. 1889 Scots Observer 4 Jan. Certain pullulant ébauches of definition. 1907 Daily Chron. 8 Aug. 3/1 Where we find a pullulant world of new ambitions and brilliant promises. 2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 19 Jan. 43 Playing symphonies on station forecourts is short-termist, short-sighted and pullulant with unforeseeable consequences. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1558
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