单词 | spermic |
释义 | spermic in British English (ˈspɜːmɪk) adjective another word for spermatic spermatic in British English (spɜːˈmætɪk), spermic (ˈspɜːmɪk), spermous (ˈspɜːməs) or obsolete spermatical (spɜːˈmætɪkəl) adjective 1. of or relating to spermatozoa spermatic fluid 2. of or relating to the testis the spermatic artery 3. of or relating to a spermary Derived forms spermatically (sperˈmatically) adverb Word origin C16: from Late Latin spermaticus, from Greek spermatikos concerning seed, from sperma seed, sperm1spermic in American English (ˈspɜːrmɪk) adjective spermatic Word origin [1855–60; sperm- + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boilerplate, keyword, lavabo, pipeline, specialist-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic) |
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