pultaceousadj.

Brit.

/pʊlˈteɪʃəs/, U.S.

/pəlˈteɪʃəs/

Forms: 1600s– pultaceous, 1800s pultacious.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pult- , puls , -aceous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pult-, puls pap, pottage (see pulse n.¹) + -aceous suffix. Compare post-classical Latin pultaceus (1668).In form pultacious after -acious suffix.

1. Chiefly Medicine. Of the nature or consistency of pap; soft, semi-fluid, pulpy.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > pulpy

mashy1585

pulpy1587

pulpous1601

fleshly1657

pultaceous1668

mushy1768

pulpose1858

pobby1937

squidgy1973

1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 751 He first denyeth, that the Testes are glandulous or pultaceous.

1704 T. Nevett Rational Oecon. Humane Bodies 40 They do unanimously compose a kind of Pultaceous Substance, call'd imperfect Chyle.

1739 A. Stuart in Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) 40 327 A soft white pultaceous Matter.

1783 J. Aitken Elem. Theory & Pract. Physic & Surg. 40 A poultice or pultaceous medium, for the constitution of topical tepid bath, may be formed of various materials.

1823 Lancet 5 Oct. 29/1 Hard and tough animal food cannot, by mastication, be reduced to the loose, pultacious form which hard bread assumes.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 71/1 In infancy the brain is extremely soft, almost pultaceous.

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 403 Pultaceous or even solid food may be remarkably well borne.

1923 Geogr. Jrnl. 61 85 A mass of white pultaceous material floated past the ship... It was composed of feathers in a state of decomposition.

1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xix. 271 If the process is allowed to go on uninterruptedly the stage of hypermaturity sets in when the cortex becomes disintegrated and transformed into a pultaceous mass.

1996 Lancet 13 Apr. 1050 Over 10 years she had a weight loss of 9 kg and several transient episodes of iron deficiency; at age of 37 her stools became pultaceous.

†2. Of the nature or class of beans or pulse. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [adjective]

leguminous?a1425

codded1440

pultaceous1762

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 667 Barley, peas and other pultaceous grain [Ger. Hülsenfrüchte].

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

单词	pultaceous
释义	pultaceousadj. Brit. /pʊlˈteɪʃəs/, U.S. /pəlˈteɪʃəs/ Forms: 1600s– pultaceous, 1800s pultacious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pult- , puls , -aceous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pult-, puls pap, pottage (see pulse n.¹) + -aceous suffix. Compare post-classical Latin pultaceus (1668).In form pultacious after -acious suffix. 1. Chiefly Medicine. Of the nature or consistency of pap; soft, semi-fluid, pulpy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > pulpy mashy1585 pulpy1587 pulpous1601 fleshly1657 pultaceous1668 mushy1768 pulpose1858 pobby1937 squidgy1973 1668 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 3 751 He first denyeth, that the Testes are glandulous or pultaceous. 1704 T. Nevett Rational Oecon. Humane Bodies 40 They do unanimously compose a kind of Pultaceous Substance, call'd imperfect Chyle. 1739 A. Stuart in Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) 40 327 A soft white pultaceous Matter. 1783 J. Aitken Elem. Theory & Pract. Physic & Surg. 40 A poultice or pultaceous medium, for the constitution of topical tepid bath, may be formed of various materials. 1823 Lancet 5 Oct. 29/1 Hard and tough animal food cannot, by mastication, be reduced to the loose, pultacious form which hard bread assumes. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 71/1 In infancy the brain is extremely soft, almost pultaceous. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 403 Pultaceous or even solid food may be remarkably well borne. 1923 Geogr. Jrnl. 61 85 A mass of white pultaceous material floated past the ship... It was composed of feathers in a state of decomposition. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xix. 271 If the process is allowed to go on uninterruptedly the stage of hypermaturity sets in when the cortex becomes disintegrated and transformed into a pultaceous mass. 1996 Lancet 13 Apr. 1050 Over 10 years she had a weight loss of 9 kg and several transient episodes of iron deficiency; at age of 37 her stools became pultaceous. †2. Of the nature or class of beans or pulse. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [adjective] leguminous?a1425 codded1440 pultaceous1762 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. III. 667 Barley, peas and other pultaceous grain [Ger. Hülsenfrüchte]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1668
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