† pumilion.

Forms: 1500s pomilio, 1700s pumilo.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pūmiliō.

Etymology: < classical Latin pūmiliō dwarf, diminutive person or plant, of unknown origin (related to the adjectives pūmilus , pūmilius , and pūmilus of short stature, miniature); with the ending compare -oon suffix. Compare Italian †pomilione dwarf (apparently only 1611 in Florio). Compare later pumil adj.With the form pumilo in quot. 1776 compare the form pūmilō which was formerly recorded in dictionaries of Latin (as e.g. in C. T. Lewis & C. Short Lat. Dict. (1879)); however, the relevant instance, pūmilōrum (genitive plural) at Statius Silvae 1. 6. 57, is taken by the Oxford Latin Dict. as showing use as noun of the masculine of pūmilus, adjective.

Obsolete. rare.

A dwarf; a diminutive person or plant.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > vigorous growth > lack of > dwarfed creature

pumilio1576

dwarf1593

1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 237 (margin) He was (belike) some Pomilio or litle dwarfe.

1776 Evelyn's Sylva 36 The warmer regions produce the tallest and goodliest trees and plants..far exceeding those of the same species, born in the cold North, so as what is a giant in the one, becomes a pumilo, and in comparison, but a shrubby dwarf in the other.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pumilio
释义	† pumilion. Forms: 1500s pomilio, 1700s pumilo. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pūmiliō. Etymology: < classical Latin pūmiliō dwarf, diminutive person or plant, of unknown origin (related to the adjectives pūmilus , pūmilius , and pūmilus of short stature, miniature); with the ending compare -oon suffix. Compare Italian †pomilione dwarf (apparently only 1611 in Florio). Compare later pumil adj.With the form pumilo in quot. 1776 compare the form pūmilō which was formerly recorded in dictionaries of Latin (as e.g. in C. T. Lewis & C. Short Lat. Dict. (1879)); however, the relevant instance, pūmilōrum (genitive plural) at Statius Silvae 1. 6. 57, is taken by the Oxford Latin Dict. as showing use as noun of the masculine of pūmilus, adjective. Obsolete. rare. A dwarf; a diminutive person or plant. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > vigorous growth > lack of > dwarfed creature pumilio1576 dwarf1593 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 237 (margin) He was (belike) some Pomilio or litle dwarfe. 1776 Evelyn's Sylva 36 The warmer regions produce the tallest and goodliest trees and plants..far exceeding those of the same species, born in the cold North, so as what is a giant in the one, becomes a pumilo, and in comparison, but a shrubby dwarf in the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1576
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