accumbentn.adj.

Brit.

/əˈkʌmb(ə)nt/, U.S.

/əˈkəmbənt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin accumbent-, accumbēns, accumbere.

Etymology: < classical Latin accumbent-, accumbēns, present participle of accumbere accumb v. With the specific botanical use in sense B. 1b compare post-classical Latin and scientific Latin accumbens (1739 or earlier in botanical use), and earlier incumbent adj. 2c. With the use as adjective compare earlier accumbency n.

†A. n.

A person at the table; a diner. Cf. sense B. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > eating in company > guest at meal

discumbent1562

accumbent1630

1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxxxi What a Penance must be done by every accumbent; in sitting out the passage through all these dishes.

B. adj.

1. Lying against or upon something.

a. Of a part of an animal's body, shell, etc.

ΚΠ

1680 W. Charleton Enq. Human Nature ii. 36 As to the situation of the Ventricle consider'd in Specie; it is placed in the highest region of the Abdomen, partly in the left hypochondrium, partly under the pitt of the stomach, having on the right side, the Liver not only accumbent but incumbent upon it.

1870 Amer. Jrnl. Conchol. 5 136 Whorls concave between the angle and suture,..the subsutural emitting a spine not accumbent on the spire, directed backwards.

1914 A. J. Bedell tr. G. Alexander Dis. of Ear in Childhood viii. 103 The tympanic membrane..being more or less accumbent, but not adherent, to the lateral osseous covering-plate of the middle ear.

2003 V. S. Murzin Tiger Moths of Former Soviet Union 15 Eyes large, bare, with a well-marked ophthalmic sclerite. Palps short, bent upwards, coated with accumbent fluffs, with a reduced end segment.

b. Botany. Of part of a plant. In later use: spec. (of a cotyledon) lying edgeways against the folded radicle in the seed. Contrasted with incumbent adj. 2c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adverb] > arranged in a specific way

interruptedly1753

accumbent1801

trichotomously1830

unilaterally1830

furcately1846

uniseriately1846

secundly1870

monosymmetrically1875

polysymmetrically1875

1801 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 15 No. 537 Stamens closely accumbent, equal to the throat.

1874 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 11 June 473/1 This genus is characterised by its oblong seed pods being composed of two convex or boat shaped valves..and having accumbent cotyledons.

1924 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51 251 The leaves of each spiral become accumbent on one another, and the resulting strand is twisted spirally around the branch.

1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 80 The arrangement may be..accumbent (the plumule and radicle are in line with the cotyledons..); or incumbent (the plumule and radicle are at right angles to the cotyledons).

2006 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 93 407/1 These tribes were defined largely on the basis of silique fruits with..accumbent cotyledons and closed calyx.

2. Of a person's position or posture: reclining, leaning; (of a person) lying down, reclining, esp. at a table when dining. Also occasionally of an animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adjective] > at table

accumbent1727

1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins v. 134 The Roman recumbent or (more properly) accumbent posture in eating was introduc'd after the first Punick War.

1747 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. I. iii. 159 Their Posture is not cross-legg'd as among the Asiaticks; accumbent as formerly with the Greeks and Romans, laying on their left Side, leaning upon their Elbow; nor cowring [etc.].

1801 Scots Mag. May 349/2 Accumbent there poor puss is found By the sagacious, sentient hound.

1828 S. T. Bloomfield Recensio Synoptica VI. 444 Κατακειμ. is a vox propria de hac re, signifying properly accumbent, reclining, after the manner both of the Orientals and the Greeks.

1902 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 21 64 The Romans took their meals in an accumbent posture, but women and children sat at the table.

1905 R. Bedford Snare of Strength (1906) xxxix. 290 These bushmen had found in the habits of primitiveness the highest civilization, and ate luxuriously as the old Romans did, accumbent and at ease.

1998 A. M. Schulz Giammaria Mosca I. v. 136 In an accumbent effigy, the legs, resting on the bier, are normally seen from the side.

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

单词	accumbent
释义	accumbentn.adj. Brit. /əˈkʌmb(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈkəmbənt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin accumbent-, accumbēns, accumbere. Etymology: < classical Latin accumbent-, accumbēns, present participle of accumbere accumb v. With the specific botanical use in sense B. 1b compare post-classical Latin and scientific Latin accumbens (1739 or earlier in botanical use), and earlier incumbent adj. 2c. With the use as adjective compare earlier accumbency n. †A. n. A person at the table; a diner. Cf. sense B. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > eating in company > guest at meal discumbent1562 accumbent1630 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lxxxi What a Penance must be done by every accumbent; in sitting out the passage through all these dishes. B. adj. 1. Lying against or upon something. a. Of a part of an animal's body, shell, etc. ΚΠ 1680 W. Charleton Enq. Human Nature ii. 36 As to the situation of the Ventricle consider'd in Specie; it is placed in the highest region of the Abdomen, partly in the left hypochondrium, partly under the pitt of the stomach, having on the right side, the Liver not only accumbent but incumbent upon it. 1870 Amer. Jrnl. Conchol. 5 136 Whorls concave between the angle and suture,..the subsutural emitting a spine not accumbent on the spire, directed backwards. 1914 A. J. Bedell tr. G. Alexander Dis. of Ear in Childhood viii. 103 The tympanic membrane..being more or less accumbent, but not adherent, to the lateral osseous covering-plate of the middle ear. 2003 V. S. Murzin Tiger Moths of Former Soviet Union 15 Eyes large, bare, with a well-marked ophthalmic sclerite. Palps short, bent upwards, coated with accumbent fluffs, with a reduced end segment. b. Botany. Of part of a plant. In later use: spec. (of a cotyledon) lying edgeways against the folded radicle in the seed. Contrasted with incumbent adj. 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > (defined by) distribution, arrangement, or position > [adverb] > arranged in a specific way interruptedly1753 accumbent1801 trichotomously1830 unilaterally1830 furcately1846 uniseriately1846 secundly1870 monosymmetrically1875 polysymmetrically1875 1801 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 15 No. 537 Stamens closely accumbent, equal to the throat. 1874 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 11 June 473/1 This genus is characterised by its oblong seed pods being composed of two convex or boat shaped valves..and having accumbent cotyledons. 1924 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51 251 The leaves of each spiral become accumbent on one another, and the resulting strand is twisted spirally around the branch. 1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 80 The arrangement may be..accumbent (the plumule and radicle are in line with the cotyledons..); or incumbent (the plumule and radicle are at right angles to the cotyledons). 2006 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 93 407/1 These tribes were defined largely on the basis of silique fruits with..accumbent cotyledons and closed calyx. 2. Of a person's position or posture: reclining, leaning; (of a person) lying down, reclining, esp. at a table when dining. Also occasionally of an animal. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adjective] > at table accumbent1727 1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins v. 134 The Roman recumbent or (more properly) accumbent posture in eating was introduc'd after the first Punick War. 1747 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. I. iii. 159 Their Posture is not cross-legg'd as among the Asiaticks; accumbent as formerly with the Greeks and Romans, laying on their left Side, leaning upon their Elbow; nor cowring [etc.]. 1801 Scots Mag. May 349/2 Accumbent there poor puss is found By the sagacious, sentient hound. 1828 S. T. Bloomfield Recensio Synoptica VI. 444 Κατακειμ. is a vox propria de hac re, signifying properly accumbent, reclining, after the manner both of the Orientals and the Greeks. 1902 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 21 64 The Romans took their meals in an accumbent posture, but women and children sat at the table. 1905 R. Bedford Snare of Strength (1906) xxxix. 290 These bushmen had found in the habits of primitiveness the highest civilization, and ate luxuriously as the old Romans did, accumbent and at ease. 1998 A. M. Schulz Giammaria Mosca I. v. 136 In an accumbent effigy, the legs, resting on the bier, are normally seen from the side. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1630
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