单词 | spici- |
释义 | spici-comb. form combining form of Latin spīca ear of corn, spike n.1, occurring in a few words, as Mayne Expos. Lex. (1859) also gives spiciferous, spiciflorous, spicigerous as renderings of modern Latin formations. spiciferous adj. Brit. , U.S. [Latin spīcifer] (see quot. 1656).Π 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Spiciferous, that beareth ears of corn. [Hence in Phillips and Bailey.] spiciform adj. Brit. , U.S. having the form of a (flower-) spike.ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > inflorescence or collective flower > [adjective] > having particular shape, type, or arrangement > of a spike spiky1578 spicous1658 spicated1661 spicate1668 spicaceous1756 spiciform1836 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 401/1 Verticillated either round some foreign body or under the form of spiciform branches. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 194 Heads purplish or white,..in a spiciform panicle. spicilege n. Brit. , U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > anthology pomander1530 posya1569 garland1612 polyanthea1618 florilegy1621 anthology1647 florilegium1647 florilege1651 spicilege1837 spicilegium1846 1837 W. S. Landor Pentameron & Pentalogia 113 Yet we may almost make out in quantity, and quite in quality, our spicilege from Virgil himself. spicilegium n. Brit. , U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > anthology pomander1530 posya1569 garland1612 polyanthea1618 florilegy1621 anthology1647 florilegium1647 florilege1651 spicilege1837 spicilegium1846 1846 G. S. Faber Lett. Tractarian Secession Popery 91 I shall exhibit some specimens of the process,..a spicilegium only. 1859 Archaeologia Cantiana 2 221 Which shall be, as it were, a ‘Spicilegium’, a gathering up of fragments. Π 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Spicilegy, gathering ears of corn, gleaning or leising corn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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