theriomorphn.adj.

/ˈθɪərɪəʊmɔːf/

Etymology: < therio- comb. form + -morph comb. form; compare theriomorphic adj.

A. n.

a. A representation of an animal form in art.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > of living thing > animal

zoomorph1883

theriomorph1913

1913 J. R. Harris Boanerges ii. 14 There was an ornithomorph, and..several theriomorphs, before the anthropomorph.

1928 V. G. Childe Most Anc. East iv. 84 Some theriomorphs are made of just those variegated stones.

b. = theromorph n. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > [noun] > that is animal-shaped

theriomorph1920

1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. i. vi. 24/1 These little Theriomorphs, these ancestral mammals, developed hair.

1934 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. III. 194 But he [sc. Wells] comes to grief in the recent annals of our own Western history when he has to size up that singularly etherialized theriomorph William Ewart Gladstone.

B. adj.

Having the form or characteristics of a beast.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > [adjective] > having the form of an animal

animalized1835

zoomorphic1872

theriomorph1969

1969 H. Arendt On Violence (1970) 60 Why should we, after having ‘eliminated’ all anthropomorphisms from animal psychology (whether we actually succeeded is another matter), now try to discover ‘how “theriomorph” man is’?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	theriomorph
释义	theriomorphn.adj. /ˈθɪərɪəʊmɔːf/ Etymology: < therio- comb. form + -morph comb. form; compare theriomorphic adj. A. n. a. A representation of an animal form in art. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [noun] > an artistic representation > of living thing > animal zoomorph1883 theriomorph1913 1913 J. R. Harris Boanerges ii. 14 There was an ornithomorph, and..several theriomorphs, before the anthropomorph. 1928 V. G. Childe Most Anc. East iv. 84 Some theriomorphs are made of just those variegated stones. b. = theromorph n. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > [noun] > that is animal-shaped theriomorph1920 1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. i. vi. 24/1 These little Theriomorphs, these ancestral mammals, developed hair. 1934 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. III. 194 But he [sc. Wells] comes to grief in the recent annals of our own Western history when he has to size up that singularly etherialized theriomorph William Ewart Gladstone. B. adj. Having the form or characteristics of a beast. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > [adjective] > having the form of an animal animalized1835 zoomorphic1872 theriomorph1969 1969 H. Arendt On Violence (1970) 60 Why should we, after having ‘eliminated’ all anthropomorphisms from animal psychology (whether we actually succeeded is another matter), now try to discover ‘how “theriomorph” man is’? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.adj.1913
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