单词 | spongious |
释义 | spongiousadj. Now rare. 1. Of the nature of a sponge; spongy.Very common c1550–1700. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > full of holes > porous plummya1398 porousa1398 hollow1398 sponged1398 spongeous1398 porosea1400 spongiousc1400 pory1535 spongy1578 sponge-like1594 lax1615 porish1652 laxy1716 spongiose1755 spongiform1805 spongeoid1822 spongoid1843 polyporous1858 α. β. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. xii. 245 In weight it is diminished five partes of that it was, and is spungious.1657 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Vindicata 177 An oake..which was of an hollow or spungious body.1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxx. 247 This Caries more commonly attacks those Bones that are spungious.c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 108 Þei [bones] ben sumwhat spongious [v.r. spongyouse] in þe myddis. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 60/2 Vuula (as the Anatomystes say) is a spongyous membre. 1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 34 Sugar Cane..is..stuffed with a spungious substance. 1652 J. French York-shire Spaw vii. 70 The ground..is spongious, and drinks in water apace. 1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber ii. i. 98 Solid Woods give a strong Fire, spongious a weak. 1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 121 There are several spongious Laminæ which arise from its lower part. 1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 68 672 In the spongious bones of the upper jaw. 1825 Examiner 732/2 Soft, fluid, porous, spongious, but withal tenacious matter. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. ii. 19 He came up to me..with a piece of spongious coralline. 2. Of or relating to a sponge. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > [adjective] > relating to a sponge spongious1846 1846 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 196 Of a..spongious texture. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) 214 Many of the moss agates are of spongious origin. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > sponginess spongiousness1598 sponginess1610 fuzziness1613 foziness1821 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > small opening > minute hole > quality of being full of plumminessa1398 porositya1398 spongiosity?1541 spongiousness1598 sponginess1610 poriness1653 porousness1653 porishness1670 poroseness1679 pore1756 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 37 b/1 The fleshe in that place is not of such a crassitude and spongiousnes as in the ioyncte. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Spongiosité, spunginesse, or spungiousnesse; a spungie lightnesse. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Spongiousness, Spunginess. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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