单词 | reverbatory |
释义 | reverbatory1/rɪˈvəːbət(ə)ri/Metallurgy noun A reverberatory furnace or kiln; = reverberatory. OriginMid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. Either from reverbatory, or shortened from reverberatory. reverbatory2/rɪˈvəːbət(ə)ri/adjective Reverberatory; especially = reverberatory. OriginLate 16th century; earliest use found in Hugh Platt (bap. 1552, d. 1608), writer on agriculture and inventor. Apparently irregularly from reverb- + -atory, perhaps arising from misrecollection of post-classical Latin reverberatorius or reverberatory. |
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