adherescentadj.

Brit.

/ədˌhɪəˈrɛsnt/,

/ˌadhɪəˈrɛsnt/, U.S.

/ˌædhɪˈrɛs(ə)nt/,

/ədˌhɪˈrɛs(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin adhaerēscent-, adhaerēscēns, adhaerēscere.

Etymology: < classical Latin adhaerēscent-, adhaerēscēns, present participle of adhaerēscere to stick, adhere, or become attached (to), to stick close (to a person or place) < adhaerēre adhere v. + -ēscere -esce suffix.

1. Adhering or tending to adhere; adhesive; associated (see adherent adj. 3). rare after 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > attached by something adhesive > having adhesive quality

cleavingc1350

holdingc1400

withholdingc1430

fatc1503

gluing1572

adhering1592

viscous1605

tenacious1648

birdlimey1657

adhesive1661

agglutinating1664

sticky1688

clingy1708

adherescent1743

tacky1788

detainable1801

detentive1881

stickfast1888

stick-on1904

1743 H. Fielding Misc. I. 267 These subdivided Parts are by some observed to lose in a great degree their adherescent Quality: Notwithstanding which, Gualterus writes,..they all adhered with equal Tenacity to his own Fingers.

1780 J. Black Let. 18 Oct. in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 97 I suppose it is this spirit which makes the Ink so fluent or so readily adherescent.

1904 Sewanee Rev. 12 310 Except for a single trace of adherescent conventionality, it [sc. the poet's song] maintains its high tone unbroken.

1921 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 52 p. xix Acts of adherescent savagery, as that of Pyrrhus in killing Priam [in the Aeneid].

1945 Mod. Packaging Feb. 140/3 A cellulose wax gel adapted for use as a tenacious adherescent protective coat for fresh food bodies.

1998 D. White Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter & Persephone at Cyrene, Libya VI. i. 14/1 The weight [of the coin] is enhanced by adherescent corrosion.

2. Ancient Greek Grammar. Of a negative particle: modifying the meaning of an adjacent word such that the two words may function as a single lexical unit expressing negation. Also as postmodifier. Cf. privative adj. 2.

ΚΠ

1899 H. A. Hamilton Negative Compounds in Greek iv. 21 An adherescent negative adverb might have been felt not to make a close enough compound and again not to give sufficient opposition.

1916 H. W. Smyth Greek Gram. for Schools & Colleges 387 οὐ adherescent is sometimes called οὐ privative because it deprives the following word of its positive meaning.

1988 Glotta 66 90 Adherescent οὐκέτι does not occur at all outside of Homer.

2003 H. D. Cameron Thucydides Bk. I. 125 οὐκ ἐάω (with οὐ adherescent) means ‘forbid’.

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

单词	adherescent
释义	adherescentadj. Brit. /ədˌhɪəˈrɛsnt/, /ˌadhɪəˈrɛsnt/, U.S. /ˌædhɪˈrɛs(ə)nt/, /ədˌhɪˈrɛs(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin adhaerēscent-, adhaerēscēns, adhaerēscere. Etymology: < classical Latin adhaerēscent-, adhaerēscēns, present participle of adhaerēscere to stick, adhere, or become attached (to), to stick close (to a person or place) < adhaerēre adhere v. + -ēscere -esce suffix. 1. Adhering or tending to adhere; adhesive; associated (see adherent adj. 3). rare after 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > attached by something adhesive > having adhesive quality cleavingc1350 holdingc1400 withholdingc1430 fatc1503 gluing1572 adhering1592 viscous1605 tenacious1648 birdlimey1657 adhesive1661 agglutinating1664 sticky1688 clingy1708 adherescent1743 tacky1788 detainable1801 detentive1881 stickfast1888 stick-on1904 1743 H. Fielding Misc. I. 267 These subdivided Parts are by some observed to lose in a great degree their adherescent Quality: Notwithstanding which, Gualterus writes,..they all adhered with equal Tenacity to his own Fingers. 1780 J. Black Let. 18 Oct. in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 97 I suppose it is this spirit which makes the Ink so fluent or so readily adherescent. 1904 Sewanee Rev. 12 310 Except for a single trace of adherescent conventionality, it [sc. the poet's song] maintains its high tone unbroken. 1921 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 52 p. xix Acts of adherescent savagery, as that of Pyrrhus in killing Priam [in the Aeneid]. 1945 Mod. Packaging Feb. 140/3 A cellulose wax gel adapted for use as a tenacious adherescent protective coat for fresh food bodies. 1998 D. White Extramural Sanctuary of Demeter & Persephone at Cyrene, Libya VI. i. 14/1 The weight [of the coin] is enhanced by adherescent corrosion. 2. Ancient Greek Grammar. Of a negative particle: modifying the meaning of an adjacent word such that the two words may function as a single lexical unit expressing negation. Also as postmodifier. Cf. privative adj. 2. ΚΠ 1899 H. A. Hamilton Negative Compounds in Greek iv. 21 An adherescent negative adverb might have been felt not to make a close enough compound and again not to give sufficient opposition. 1916 H. W. Smyth Greek Gram. for Schools & Colleges 387 οὐ adherescent is sometimes called οὐ privative because it deprives the following word of its positive meaning. 1988 Glotta 66 90 Adherescent οὐκέτι does not occur at all outside of Homer. 2003 H. D. Cameron Thucydides Bk. I. 125 οὐκ ἐάω (with οὐ adherescent) means ‘forbid’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1743
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