-idiansuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. monoprionidian adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: annelidian adj.

Etymology: < -idian (in e.g. annelidian adj., arachnidian adj. and n. at arachnid n. Derivatives, ascidian n., etc.). Compare -idan suffix.The ending -idian occurs from at least the early 19th cent. in a large group of scientific nouns and adjectives formed with the suffix -ian suffix, whose bases are either English plural nouns in -ida , or (more usually) scientific Latin plural nouns in -idae or -ides (see -id suffix³). These denote or designate members of specific taxa. In the second half of the 19th cent., -idian was used on the model of these to form a small number of technical adjectives in palaeontology within English: monoprionidian adj., diprionidian adj., and tetraprionidian adj. at tetra- comb. form 1.

Forming a small number of adjectives with the sense ‘(of graptolites) having thecae on one, two, or four sides of the axis respectively’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	-idian
释义	-idiansuffix Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. monoprionidian adj. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: annelidian adj. Etymology: < -idian (in e.g. annelidian adj., arachnidian adj. and n. at arachnid n. Derivatives, ascidian n., etc.). Compare -idan suffix.The ending -idian occurs from at least the early 19th cent. in a large group of scientific nouns and adjectives formed with the suffix -ian suffix, whose bases are either English plural nouns in -ida , or (more usually) scientific Latin plural nouns in -idae or -ides (see -id suffix³). These denote or designate members of specific taxa. In the second half of the 19th cent., -idian was used on the model of these to form a small number of technical adjectives in palaeontology within English: monoprionidian adj., diprionidian adj., and tetraprionidian adj. at tetra- comb. form 1. Forming a small number of adjectives with the sense ‘(of graptolites) having thecae on one, two, or four sides of the axis respectively’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < suffix
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