teratologyn.

/tɛrəˈtɒlədʒi/

Etymology: < Greek τέρας, τερατ- a marvel, prodigy, monster + -logy comb. form. So French tératologie (Littré).

1. A discourse or narrative concerning prodigies; a marvellous tale, or collection of such tales.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > marvellous tale > [noun]

marvela1387

miraclec1390

teratology1678

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Teratology, a discourse of prodigies and wonders.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Teratology..is when bold Writers, fond of the sublime, intermix something great and prodigious in every Thing they write, whether there be Foundation for it in Reason or not, and this is what is call'd Bombast.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Teratology, bombast, affectation of false sublimity.]

1856 C. J. Ellicott in Cambr. Ess. 158 The aimless fables and teratologies of Thomas the Israelite or the Gospels of the Infancy.

1884 R. D. Blackmore Hist. Sir T. Upmore II. 104 Big enough to exhaust even his teratology.

2. Biology. The study of monstrosities or abnormal formations in animals or plants.

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the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > morphology > branches of

teratology1842

promorphology1878

metamorphology1879

tectology1883

ecomorphology1960

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1223/1.

1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Teratology..name given by M. J. Geoffroy de St. Hilaire, to the study or consideration of monsters, or anomalies of organization.

1869 M. T. Masters (title) Vegetable teratology.

1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Dec. 1643 Almost the whole of embryonic pathology is..included within the limits of teratology.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	teratology
释义	teratologyn. /tɛrəˈtɒlədʒi/ Etymology: < Greek τέρας, τερατ- a marvel, prodigy, monster + -logy comb. form. So French tératologie (Littré). 1. A discourse or narrative concerning prodigies; a marvellous tale, or collection of such tales. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > marvellous tale > [noun] marvela1387 miraclec1390 teratology1678 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Teratology, a discourse of prodigies and wonders. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Teratology..is when bold Writers, fond of the sublime, intermix something great and prodigious in every Thing they write, whether there be Foundation for it in Reason or not, and this is what is call'd Bombast. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Teratology, bombast, affectation of false sublimity.] 1856 C. J. Ellicott in Cambr. Ess. 158 The aimless fables and teratologies of Thomas the Israelite or the Gospels of the Infancy. 1884 R. D. Blackmore Hist. Sir T. Upmore II. 104 Big enough to exhaust even his teratology. 2. Biology. The study of monstrosities or abnormal formations in animals or plants. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > morphology > branches of teratology1842 promorphology1878 metamorphology1879 tectology1883 ecomorphology1960 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1223/1. 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Teratology..name given by M. J. Geoffroy de St. Hilaire, to the study or consideration of monsters, or anomalies of organization. 1869 M. T. Masters (title) Vegetable teratology. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Dec. 1643 Almost the whole of embryonic pathology is..included within the limits of teratology. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1678
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