triffidn.

Brit.

/ˈtrɪfɪd/, U.S.

/ˈtrɪfᵻd/

Forms: Also Triffid.

Etymology: < tri- comb. form, probably after trifid adj., as the plant was supported on ‘three bluntly-tapered projections extending from the lower part’ of the body.

In the science-fiction novel The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham (1903–69), one of a race of menacing plants, possessed of locomotor ability and a poisonous sting, which threaten to overrun the world. Hence used allusively of vigorous plants, or transferred of anything invasive or rapid in development.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical plant or fruit

tree of mercyc1375

Sodom apple1605

apple of Sodom1635

Sodom fruit1737

Yggdrasil1770

Dead Sea fruit1817

Dead Sea apple1869

triffid1951

tree-people1954

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > specific fictional plant

triffid1951

1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids ii. 46 A catchy little name originating in some newspaper office as a handy label for an oddity—but destined one day to be associated with pain, fear and misery—triffid.

1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids ii. 54 He had also established that the infertility rate of triffid seeds was something like ninety-five per cent.

1965 New Scientist 11 Mar. 619/3 Ninety per cent of British households have television..and neither bindweed, triffids, nor dragon's teeth grew more rapidly than the angular aerial.

1972 S. Hughes in M. Bygrave et al. Time Out's Bk. of London ix. 90/1 The south is sprouting with tall dark buildings like triffids.

1977 Times 10 Feb. 5/2 Roots and suckers started appearing all over our gardens... They were like ‘Triffids’.

1978 R. H. Lewis Antiquarian Bks. iv. 86 Books ‘taking over’ in Triffid style is a common experience.

Derivatives

triˈffidian adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > relating to mythical plant or fruit

triffidian1951

triffid-like1971

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adjective] > specific plant

triffidian1951

triffid-like1971

1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids ii. 49 It was assumed..that their characteristic of suddenly losing their immobility and rattling a rapid tattoo against the main stem was some strange form of triffidian amatory exuberance.

ˈtriffid-like adj. and quasi-adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > relating to mythical plant or fruit

triffidian1951

triffid-like1971

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adverb] > in the manner of a triffid

triffid-like1971

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adjective] > specific plant

triffidian1951

triffid-like1971

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adverb] > specific plant

triffid-like1971

1971 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 10/6 This cactus had run wild and, Triffid-like, had taken over thousands of square miles of good agricultural land.

1971 New Scientist 9 Sept. 589/3 Even the departure of four million..inhabitants..did not appear to check the spread of the Triffid-like condition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	triffid
释义	triffidn. Brit. /ˈtrɪfɪd/, U.S. /ˈtrɪfᵻd/ Forms: Also Triffid. Etymology: < tri- comb. form, probably after trifid adj., as the plant was supported on ‘three bluntly-tapered projections extending from the lower part’ of the body. In the science-fiction novel The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham (1903–69), one of a race of menacing plants, possessed of locomotor ability and a poisonous sting, which threaten to overrun the world. Hence used allusively of vigorous plants, or transferred of anything invasive or rapid in development. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical plant or fruit tree of mercyc1375 Sodom apple1605 apple of Sodom1635 Sodom fruit1737 Yggdrasil1770 Dead Sea fruit1817 Dead Sea apple1869 triffid1951 tree-people1954 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > specific fictional plant triffid1951 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids ii. 46 A catchy little name originating in some newspaper office as a handy label for an oddity—but destined one day to be associated with pain, fear and misery—triffid. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids ii. 54 He had also established that the infertility rate of triffid seeds was something like ninety-five per cent. 1965 New Scientist 11 Mar. 619/3 Ninety per cent of British households have television..and neither bindweed, triffids, nor dragon's teeth grew more rapidly than the angular aerial. 1972 S. Hughes in M. Bygrave et al. Time Out's Bk. of London ix. 90/1 The south is sprouting with tall dark buildings like triffids. 1977 Times 10 Feb. 5/2 Roots and suckers started appearing all over our gardens... They were like ‘Triffids’. 1978 R. H. Lewis Antiquarian Bks. iv. 86 Books ‘taking over’ in Triffid style is a common experience. Derivatives triˈffidian adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > relating to mythical plant or fruit triffidian1951 triffid-like1971 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adjective] > specific plant triffidian1951 triffid-like1971 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids ii. 49 It was assumed..that their characteristic of suddenly losing their immobility and rattling a rapid tattoo against the main stem was some strange form of triffidian amatory exuberance. ˈtriffid-like adj. and quasi-adv. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > relating to mythical plant or fruit triffidian1951 triffid-like1971 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adverb] > in the manner of a triffid triffid-like1971 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adjective] > specific plant triffidian1951 triffid-like1971 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [adverb] > specific plant triffid-like1971 1971 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 10/6 This cactus had run wild and, Triffid-like, had taken over thousands of square miles of good agricultural land. 1971 New Scientist 9 Sept. 589/3 Even the departure of four million..inhabitants..did not appear to check the spread of the Triffid-like condition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1951
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