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单词 spongious
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spongiousadj.

/ˈspʌndʒɪəs/
Forms: Also Middle English spongyouse, 1500s spongyous, spongius, spongiouse, 1600s–1700s spungious.
Etymology: < Latin spongiōsus (see spongiose adj.). Compare French spongieux, †espongieux, Italian spugnoso, Spanish esponjoso.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Derivatives

ˈspongiousness n. Obsolete sponginess.
ΘΚΠ
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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