单词 | seminium |
释义 | seminiumn. rare. The first principle (of anything), germ, etc. = seminary adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] > basis or fundamental principle principlea1398 basec1500 principium1550 primordial1610 basisa1616 element1655 radical1656 principe1669 seminiuma1676 ultimate1710 rock beda1853 ultimatum1858 rock-bottom1866 ultimity1898 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. iv. 271 The first Seminium of these Insecta. 1720 J. Quincy tr. N. Hodges Loimologia ii. 52 There is an Efflux of the contagious Seminium. 1720 J. Quincy tr. N. Hodges Loimologia ii. 55 Hence it comes strongly to be conjectured, how the pestilential Seminium comes to be hid so secretly in the Porosities of the Air. 1723 C. Maitland Acct. Inoculating Small Pox (ed. 2) 15 But in effect, to cleanse Nature from the latent Fomes or Seminium; and to secure against that popular Contagion. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Seminium, a term used by the writers on fossils to express a sort of first principle, from which the several figured stones..are supposed to have their origin. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The seminia of fossils may be as easily sustained in the air, as those of plants and animals. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 381 It is difficult, if not impossible, to account..for the quickening of the lurking seminium of the poison at this time rather than at any other. 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Seminium,..applied (nom. pl.) to the seeds or predisposing causes of disease.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1676 |
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