单词 | sesqui- |
释义 | sesqui-a combining form meaning “one and a half,” used in the formation of compound words: sesquicentennial. Origin of sesqui-<Latin sēsqui-<*sēm(i)sque, equivalent to sēmis half-unit, semis + -que and (cognate with Greek té,Sanskrit ca,Gothic -uh) Words nearby sesqui-“Sesame Street”, sesamoid, sesh, Sesostris I, Sesotho, sesqui-, sesquialtera, sesquicarbonate, sesquicentennial, sesquihydrate, sesquioxide Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for sesqui-sesqui- prefixindicating one and a halfsesquicentennial (in a chemical compound) indicating a ratio of two to threesesquioxide Word Origin for sesqui-from Latin, contraction of semi- + as as ² + -que and 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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