单词 | toxophilite |
释义 | toxophilite[ tok-sof-uh-lahyt ] / tɒkˈsɒf əˌlaɪt / nouna devotee of archery; archer. Origin of toxophilite1785–95; Toxophil(us) bow-lover (coined by Roger Ascham in his 1545 book so entitled <Greek tóxo(n) bow + -philos-phile) + -ite1 OTHER WORDS FROM toxophilitetox·oph·i·lit·ic [tok-sof-uh-lit-ik], /tɒkˌsɒf əˈlɪt ɪk/, adjectivetox·oph·i·ly, nounWords nearby toxophilitetoxiphobia, toxo-, toxocariasis, toxoid, toxophil, toxophilite, toxophore, toxoplasma, Toxoplasma gondii, toxoplasmosis, toxopyrimidine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for toxophilite
British Dictionary definitions for toxophilitetoxophilite / (tɒkˈsɒfɪˌlaɪt) formal / nounan archer adjectiveof or relating to archery Derived forms of toxophilitetoxophily, nounWord Origin for toxophiliteC18: from Toxophilus, the title of a book (1545) by Ascham, designed to mean: a lover of the bow, from Greek toxon bow + philos loving Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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