aculeateadj.n.

Brit.

/əˈkjuːlɪət/, U.S.

/əˈkjuliət/,

/əˈkjuliˌeɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin acūleātus.

Etymology: < classical Latin acūleātus (of insects) having a sting, (of fishes) having spines or rays, (of plants) having a prickle, (of words) stinging, barbed, (of arguments) pungent < acūleus aculeus n. + -ātus -ate suffix². In use as noun (see B.) after scientific Latin Aculeata, infraorder or division name ( Cuvier Règne animal (1817) III. 480), adopted for a division of the Hymenoptera. Compare aculeated adj., aculeous adj.

A. adj.

1. Pointed, incisive; stinging. Chiefly figurative.

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1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning i. iv. 29 The labour here is altogether, That words may be aculeate, sentences concise.

1693 T. Beverley True State Gospel Truth 1 Any Aculeate Animadversions on..particular Expressions.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. xxxii. 132/2 Give them Vertue and Holiness that their own Conscience might not sting them, when they were to bestow Aculeate Rebukes upon the Vices of other men.

1799 W. G. Browne Trav. Afr. xix. 295 By the time the sun declines, her memory of real or imaginary injuries affords matter for querulous upbraiding and aculeate sarcasms.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 577 In the latter the itching is more mordant and aculeate.

1880 R. L. Poole Huguen. of Disp. 186 Political action, hardened and aculeate by hatred.

1950 Rev. Eng. Stud. 1 318 The line ‘Ruine, the power..of Princes is’..is a good example of Greville's aculeate style and his habit of squeezing the meanings of words.

2009 Thai Press Rep. (Nexis) 19 Feb. What is coming from the Islamic regime in Iran is an aculeate tongue from a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others.

a. Zoology. Of a fish: bearing spines or setae. disused.

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1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 200 Flounder..They have a soft flesh, yet the Aculeate are hard, especially if larger, for the smaller are more moist and soft.

1755 B. Martin Philos. Gram. (ed. 5) 341 Of the aculeate Kind with only one Fin on the Back, whose Radii are some prickly, and some soft, we have the Gilt Head; the Old Wife; the Ruff; [etc.].

1905 Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 40 887 In addition to the median ventral row of aculeate scutes..there is some evidence of the skin having been furnished with other hard parts.

b. Entomology. Of a hymenopteran insect: possessing a sting; spec. belonging to the infraorder or division Aculeata (see sense B.).

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > armed > with sting

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1826 Time's Telescope: Guide to Almanack 194 Th' aculeate bees A winged army send to roam the woods.

1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 130 The aculeate Hymenoptera are those insects furnished with a sting.

1880 Athenæum No. 2748. 827 Sir J. Lubbock regards the ancestral ant as having been aculeate.

1936 Discovery Jan. 21/2 The Aculeate Hymenoptera, many of which take advantage of banks in road-cuttings and well-trodden paths, all made by man.

1995 Independent on Sunday 20 Aug. 7/1 Wasps, says Carl Clee, honorary curator of aculeate hymenoptera (stinging insects) at the Liverpool Museum, ‘are extremely efficient predators’.

3. Botany. Having prickles or sharp points, prickly; esp. (of a leaf margin) edged with sharply pointed projections.

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the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [adjective]

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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Aculeate, aculeated, something that has prickles.

1818 W. P. C. Barton Compendium Floræ Philadelphicæ I. 101 Seeds retrorsely aculeate.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 199 Fruit compressed, ribbed, ribs often aculeate.

1901 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1900 648 The young trees have sharp, aculeate leaves, widely divergent.

1930 L. H. Bailey & E. Z. Bailey Hortus 72/1 Fr[uit] drupe-like, oblong, ovoid, obovoid or globose, often aculeate.

1964 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 51 49 Tree up to 40m. high..the branches usually aculeate, the bark smooth and fibrous.

2003 Kew Bull. 58 500 Leaves and stems nearly glabrous to rather sparsely hairy, often aculeate.

B. n.

Entomology. A hymenopteran insect that bears a sting; spec. one of the infraorder or division Aculeata, which includes bees, ants, wasps, and all eusocial hymenopterans. Cf. sense A. 2b. Aculeates are characterized by a modified ovipositor, typically adapted for stinging.

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1834 Entomol. Mag. 2 189 Mr Shuckard attempted to distinguish between the parasitic and imparasitic aculeates.

1863 Intellect. Observer 3 239 It is rarely before half-past seven or eight that the aculeates are upon the wing.

1912 G. B. Longstaff & F. Müller Butterfly Hunting v. 192 The sole Aculeate brought away was a beautiful light blue Bee, Crocisa picta.

1967 Science 1 Sept. 1038/3 We regard the large, convex form of the compound eyes and their placement near the center of the sides of the head as primitive characters for aculeates generally.

2010 A. Stubbs in N. Maclean Silent Summer xvii. 509 There seems little doubt that if the British climate continues to warm, many more aculeates will colonise and spread.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aculeate
释义	aculeateadj.n. Brit. /əˈkjuːlɪət/, U.S. /əˈkjuliət/, /əˈkjuliˌeɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin acūleātus. Etymology: < classical Latin acūleātus (of insects) having a sting, (of fishes) having spines or rays, (of plants) having a prickle, (of words) stinging, barbed, (of arguments) pungent < acūleus aculeus n. + -ātus -ate suffix². In use as noun (see B.) after scientific Latin Aculeata, infraorder or division name ( Cuvier Règne animal (1817) III. 480), adopted for a division of the Hymenoptera. Compare aculeated adj., aculeous adj. A. adj. 1. Pointed, incisive; stinging. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant smartc1330 unkeen?a1425 mordant1474 piquant1521 pugnant1537 quick1542 nippingc1547 nippy1575 cutting1582 yarking1593 stinging1600 pointed1617 pungent1619 toothed1628 aculeate1640 mordacious1648 aculeated1655 piperaceous1674 peppery1826 pointy1883 lashing1900 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning i. iv. 29 The labour here is altogether, That words may be aculeate, sentences concise. 1693 T. Beverley True State Gospel Truth 1 Any Aculeate Animadversions on..particular Expressions. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. xxxii. 132/2 Give them Vertue and Holiness that their own Conscience might not sting them, when they were to bestow Aculeate Rebukes upon the Vices of other men. 1799 W. G. Browne Trav. Afr. xix. 295 By the time the sun declines, her memory of real or imaginary injuries affords matter for querulous upbraiding and aculeate sarcasms. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 577 In the latter the itching is more mordant and aculeate. 1880 R. L. Poole Huguen. of Disp. 186 Political action, hardened and aculeate by hatred. 1950 Rev. Eng. Stud. 1 318 The line ‘Ruine, the power..of Princes is’..is a good example of Greville's aculeate style and his habit of squeezing the meanings of words. 2009 Thai Press Rep. (Nexis) 19 Feb. What is coming from the Islamic regime in Iran is an aculeate tongue from a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others. 2. a. Zoology. Of a fish: bearing spines or setae. disused. ΚΠ 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 200 Flounder..They have a soft flesh, yet the Aculeate are hard, especially if larger, for the smaller are more moist and soft. 1755 B. Martin Philos. Gram. (ed. 5) 341 Of the aculeate Kind with only one Fin on the Back, whose Radii are some prickly, and some soft, we have the Gilt Head; the Old Wife; the Ruff; [etc.]. 1905 Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 40 887 In addition to the median ventral row of aculeate scutes..there is some evidence of the skin having been furnished with other hard parts. b. Entomology. Of a hymenopteran insect: possessing a sting; spec. belonging to the infraorder or division Aculeata (see sense B.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > armed > with sting pricked1552 stinged1552 aculeate1826 1826 Time's Telescope: Guide to Almanack 194 Th' aculeate bees A winged army send to roam the woods. 1875 W. Houghton Sketches Brit. Insects 130 The aculeate Hymenoptera are those insects furnished with a sting. 1880 Athenæum No. 2748. 827 Sir J. Lubbock regards the ancestral ant as having been aculeate. 1936 Discovery Jan. 21/2 The Aculeate Hymenoptera, many of which take advantage of banks in road-cuttings and well-trodden paths, all made by man. 1995 Independent on Sunday 20 Aug. 7/1 Wasps, says Carl Clee, honorary curator of aculeate hymenoptera (stinging insects) at the Liverpool Museum, ‘are extremely efficient predators’. 3. Botany. Having prickles or sharp points, prickly; esp. (of a leaf margin) edged with sharply pointed projections. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [adjective] thornenc897 thornyc1000 armeda1398 pikeda1398 thornish1426 pricky1548 prickly1577 prickled1578 spiky1578 sharp-set1601 spiny1604 senticous1657 aculeous1658 spinous1668 spineal1688 spinose1693 aculeate1753 spinescent1793 aculeolate1818 aciculated1819 spinulose1819 spinulescent1836 spinulous1846 thorned1895 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Aculeate, aculeated, something that has prickles. 1818 W. P. C. Barton Compendium Floræ Philadelphicæ I. 101 Seeds retrorsely aculeate. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 199 Fruit compressed, ribbed, ribs often aculeate. 1901 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1900 648 The young trees have sharp, aculeate leaves, widely divergent. 1930 L. H. Bailey & E. Z. Bailey Hortus 72/1 Fr[uit] drupe-like, oblong, ovoid, obovoid or globose, often aculeate. 1964 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 51 49 Tree up to 40m. high..the branches usually aculeate, the bark smooth and fibrous. 2003 Kew Bull. 58 500 Leaves and stems nearly glabrous to rather sparsely hairy, often aculeate. B. n. Entomology. A hymenopteran insect that bears a sting; spec. one of the infraorder or division Aculeata, which includes bees, ants, wasps, and all eusocial hymenopterans. Cf. sense A. 2b. Aculeates are characterized by a modified ovipositor, typically adapted for stinging. ΚΠ 1834 Entomol. Mag. 2 189 Mr Shuckard attempted to distinguish between the parasitic and imparasitic aculeates. 1863 Intellect. Observer 3 239 It is rarely before half-past seven or eight that the aculeates are upon the wing. 1912 G. B. Longstaff & F. Müller Butterfly Hunting v. 192 The sole Aculeate brought away was a beautiful light blue Bee, Crocisa picta. 1967 Science 1 Sept. 1038/3 We regard the large, convex form of the compound eyes and their placement near the center of the sides of the head as primitive characters for aculeates generally. 2010 A. Stubbs in N. Maclean Silent Summer xvii. 509 There seems little doubt that if the British climate continues to warm, many more aculeates will colonise and spread. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1640
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