addaxn.

Brit.

/ˈadaks/, U.S.

/ˈæˌdæks/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, addaxes.

Forms: 1600s–1800s addace, 1600s– addax.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin addac-, addax.

Etymology: < classical Latin addac-, addax African antelope with twisted horns (Pliny; Addax was later adopted in scientific Latin as a genus name (Laurillard 1841, after Rafinesque 1815)), apparently < an African language. Compare Middle French addacé (1562 in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated in quot. 1601), French †addace (mid 18th cent., rare).A Semitic origin has also been suggested, with either biblical Hebrew dīšōn pygarg (Deuteronomy 14:5, in an apparently isolated attestation) or the unrelated Akkadian daššu gazelle (cognate with Hebrew tayiš he-goat, further etymology unknown) having been suggested either as etymons or as being otherwise related, but a connection with either word is unlikely on phonological grounds.

A large, stocky, mainly whitish antelope, Addax nasomaculata, related to the oryx, having long spiral horns, and occurring in desert areas of North Africa (where it is now endangered).

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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxxvii. 331 There is a kind of Roe Bucke, called in Affricke Addace [Fr. addacé, L. addacem], which the Greekes have named Strepsiceros, and they have upright hornes.

1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts Pref. sig. *2 Such [horns] as stand bolt upright, and twined with the compassing about of wrinckles and sharpened lightly toward the top, to the Strepsiceros a Beast half wild and half tame, which in Africa they call an Addax [L. quem addacem Africa appellat].

1738 T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant 243 This Country likewise produceth another Species... This the Africans call Lidmee, and may, I presume, be the Strepsiceros and Addace of the Antients.

1775 W. Kenrick et al. tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Animals, Veg., & Minerals III. 239 The strepsicheros of Pliny, or the addax of the Africans, is the antelope.

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IV. 193 We have no hesitation in adopting the name of Addax, which the Roman naturalist gives us as the local one of his Strepsiceros.

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §268 The Addax..living solitarily, or in pairs, on the borders and oases of the deserts.

1918 Geogr. Rev. 5 25 Of wild animals the province has the addax, a rare species of antelope.

1959 Q. Rev. Biol. 34 162/2 Lion, elephant, hartebeest, addax, and oryx are the larger mammals listed as formerly having occurred in Morocco.

1992 Zoo Life Winter 114/2 (caption) A native of the arid plains of Africa, the addax gets all the water it needs from the plants it eats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	addax
释义	addaxn. Brit. /ˈadaks/, U.S. /ˈæˌdæks/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, addaxes. Forms: 1600s–1800s addace, 1600s– addax. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin addac-, addax. Etymology: < classical Latin addac-, addax African antelope with twisted horns (Pliny; Addax was later adopted in scientific Latin as a genus name (Laurillard 1841, after Rafinesque 1815)), apparently < an African language. Compare Middle French addacé (1562 in an apparently isolated attestation in the passage translated in quot. 1601), French †addace (mid 18th cent., rare).A Semitic origin has also been suggested, with either biblical Hebrew dīšōn pygarg (Deuteronomy 14:5, in an apparently isolated attestation) or the unrelated Akkadian daššu gazelle (cognate with Hebrew tayiš he-goat, further etymology unknown) having been suggested either as etymons or as being otherwise related, but a connection with either word is unlikely on phonological grounds. A large, stocky, mainly whitish antelope, Addax nasomaculata, related to the oryx, having long spiral horns, and occurring in desert areas of North Africa (where it is now endangered). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Hippotraginae > genus Addax (addax) pygarga1382 addax1601 white-breecha1661 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xi. xxxvii. 331 There is a kind of Roe Bucke, called in Affricke Addace [Fr. addacé, L. addacem], which the Greekes have named Strepsiceros, and they have upright hornes. 1678 J. P. tr. J. Johnstone Descr. Nature Four-footed Beasts Pref. sig. 2 Such [horns] as stand bolt upright, and twined with the compassing about of wrinckles and sharpened lightly toward the top, to the Strepsiceros a Beast half wild and half tame, which in Africa they call an Addax [L. quem addacem Africa appellat]. 1738 T. Shaw Trav. Barbary & Levant* 243 This Country likewise produceth another Species... This the Africans call Lidmee, and may, I presume, be the Strepsiceros and Addace of the Antients. 1775 W. Kenrick et al. tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Animals, Veg., & Minerals III. 239 The strepsicheros of Pliny, or the addax of the Africans, is the antelope. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IV. 193 We have no hesitation in adopting the name of Addax, which the Roman naturalist gives us as the local one of his Strepsiceros. 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §268 The Addax..living solitarily, or in pairs, on the borders and oases of the deserts. 1918 Geogr. Rev. 5 25 Of wild animals the province has the addax, a rare species of antelope. 1959 Q. Rev. Biol. 34 162/2 Lion, elephant, hartebeest, addax, and oryx are the larger mammals listed as formerly having occurred in Morocco. 1992 Zoo Life Winter 114/2 (caption) A native of the arid plains of Africa, the addax gets all the water it needs from the plants it eats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1601
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