cessileadj.

/ˈsɛsʌɪl/

Forms: Also 1500s cessill.

Etymology: as if < Latin *cessilis, < cessus (see cessible adj.) + -ile suffix.

rare.

Yielding (applied only to the air, in imitation of the first quot.).

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lither1565

buxom1590

cessile1599

1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. C4 Sa silent is the cessile air.

1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. E4^v The massiue earth reposis still, Suspended in the cessill eire.

1911 ‘Q’ Brother Copas xxiii. 319 A faint tapping sound reached them, borne on ‘the cessile air’.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 402 Scintillant circumambient cessile air.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cessile
释义	cessileadj. /ˈsɛsʌɪl/ Forms: Also 1500s cessill. Etymology: as if < Latin cessilis, < cessus* (see cessible adj.) + -ile suffix. rare. Yielding (applied only to the air, in imitation of the first quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > specific qualities of (the) air > yielding lither1565 buxom1590 cessile1599 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. C4 Sa silent is the cessile air. 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. E4^v The massiue earth reposis still, Suspended in the cessill eire. 1911 ‘Q’ Brother Copas xxiii. 319 A faint tapping sound reached them, borne on ‘the cessile air’. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 402 Scintillant circumambient cessile air. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1599
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