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psilo-|psaɪləʊ-, saɪləʊ-|
before a vowel psil-, combining form of Gr. ψῑλός bare, smooth, mere, used in a few scientific terms:
psiloceratite |-ˈsɛrətaɪt| Palæont. [Gr. κέρας, κερατ- horn + -ite1], a fossil cephalopod of the Jurassic genus Psiloceras. psilodermatous |-ˈdɜːmətəs| a. Zool. [Gr. δέρµα, δερµατ- skin, derma + -ous], having the skin naked or without scales, as an amphibian of the Psilodermata. psilology |-ˈɒlədʒɪ| nonce-wd. [see -logy], mere or empty talk. psilopædic |-ˈpiːdɪk| a. Ornith. [Gr. παῖς, παιδ- a child + -ic], of a bird: hatched naked or without down; opposed to ptilopædic. psiˈlosophy nonce-wd. [see -sophy], shallow philosophy; so psiˈlosopher.
1888Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 22 In studying the *Psiloceratites of Central Europe.
1820–30Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1838) III. 33 Schools of *psilology (the love of empty noise) and misosophy.
1884Coues Key N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) 88 A more exact distinction may be drawn by using the terms ptilopædic and *psilopædic..respectively for those birds which are hatched feathered or naked.
1882Ogilvie (Annandale) Suppl., *Psilosopher, a would-be or pretended philosopher.
1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. iii. (1882) 34 note, I was decried as a bigot by the proselytes of French Phi- (or to speak more truly, *Psi-)losophy. Ibid. x. 85 Their adoption of French morals with French psilosophy. |