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hoplo-|hɒpləʊ| before a vowel hopl-, combining form of Gr. ὅπλον weapon, piece of armour, or of ὁπλή hoof, as in ˈhoplarchy |-ɑːkɪ|, nonce-wd. [after hierarchy] (see quot.). † ˈhoplochrism [see chrism] (see quot. 1656); so † hoploˈchristical a. hoplognathous |-ˈɒgnəθəs| a. [Gr. γνάθος jaw], ‘having the jaw armed’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886). hoplology |-ˈɒlədʒɪ| [see -logy], the science of weapons or armour. hoplomachic |-ˈmækɪk| a. [ad. Gr. ὁπλοµαχικός, f. ὁπλοµάχος fighting in heavy arms (cf. hoplite)], fighting in heavy armour (in quot. fig.); so hoplomachist |-ˈɒməkɪst|, one who fights in heavy armour. hoplonemertean |-nɪˈmɜːtiːən|, hoplonemertine |-nɪˈmɜːtaɪn| Zool., a. belonging to those nemertean worms in which the proboscis is armed with a stylet; n. one of these worms. hoplophorous |-ˈɒfərəs| a. [Gr. ὁπλοϕόρος bearing arms], ‘bearing armour; protected’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.). hoplopleurid |-ˈpl(j)ʊərɪd| Zool. [Gr. πλευρά rib, side], a fish of the extinct family Hoplopleuridæ, having the body provided with four rows of sub-triangular scutes. hoplopodous |-ˈɒpədəs| a. Zool. [Gr. ὁπλή hoof, πούς, ποδ- foot], having the feet protected by hoofs.
a1843Southey Doctor (1847) VII. 498 The chiefs of the Hierarchy, the Iatrarchy, the Nomarchy, and the *Hoplarchy (under which title both sciences, naval and military, were comprised).
1650Charleton Paradoxes Proleg. d iv b, Our disquisition of the δὶ ὅτι, or Casualties [? Causalities] of *Hoplochrisme. 1656Blount Glossogr., Hoplochrism, an anointing of Armes or weapons; as they do in the use of the weapon-salve.
1650Charleton Paradoxes Proleg. d iv e, Objection to the dignity of *Hoplochristicall Remedies.
1884R. F. Burton Bk. of Sword 1 The imperious interest of *Hoplology.
1832Fraser's Mag. V. 696 That most pugnacious, or, to use the old term, *hoplomachic of universities.
1793Misc. in Ann. Reg. 398 Dempster, the last of the formidable sect of *Hoplomachists, who fought every day..either with sword or fist, in defence of his doctrines in omni scibili.
1854Mayne Expos. Lex., Hoplopodus, applied by Goldfuss to an Order (Hoplopoda)..including those [mammals] which have their feet protected by hooves: *hoplopodous. |