单词 | advectitious |
释义 | advectitiousadj. Now rare. That has been brought from elsewhere; imported, foreign. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Advectitious, which is brought or carryed unto. 1759 B. Martin in Gen. Mag. Arts & Sci. (1764) 102/1 Come, Priapus, come! Whose healthful sons should now with wonted care Plants advectitious give to vernal air. 1879 St. Louis Courier Med. 1 86 A few small vessels intended only for the nutrient wants of an advectitious organ, the placenta. 1904 J. W. Dow Amer. Renaissance xi. 151 It is not my style that is desired, but the expression of Anglo-Saxon home feeling as opposed to whatever is advectitious—out of place there. 1980 H. A. Rehder Marine Mollusks Easter Island & Sala y Gómez 115/2 This is..another case of an advectitious specimen, possibly brought there in ballast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1656 |
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