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embryotic, a.|ɛmbrɪˈɒtɪk|
[f. embryo, after exotic, patriotic, etc.: cf. chaotic.]
1. = embryonic 1.
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 786/1 The term of their embryotic development. 1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. iv. (1866) 31 The crab..is less embryotic..than the more ancient lobster.
2. fig. = embryonic 2.
1761Sterne Tr. Shandy (1802) IV. xix. 90 The book of embryotic evils. 1785Burns Vision ii. xi, To mark the embryotic trace Of rustic Bard. 1864Kingsley Rom. & Teut. 40 Intellect and virtue remain..embryotic. |