congeryn.

/ˈkɒndʒəri/

Forms: Also congerie.

Etymology: A false singular evolved < congeries n. by the treatment of the final s as plural inflection.

= congeries n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > roughly put together

congeriesa1620

agglomeration1751

agglomerate1827

congery1867

1867 G. Meredith Vittoria I. ix. 129 Outside the army the empire was a jealous congery of intriguing, disaffected nationalities.

1897 F. J. Burgoyne Library Constr. 293 The French National Library is contained in a congerie of buildings.

1920 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 210/1 He traces his way through the congery of squalid streets between the Cathedral and the Castle.

1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. vi. 161 To the extent of pulling down a congery of old houses.

1932 W. Lewis Apes of God ix. 241 A conventionally distorted, antique, floridly-fringed head presided over the congery of tubes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	congery
释义	congeryn. /ˈkɒndʒəri/ Forms: Also congerie. Etymology: A false singular evolved < congeries n. by the treatment of the final s as plural inflection. = congeries n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > roughly put together congeriesa1620 agglomeration1751 agglomerate1827 congery1867 1867 G. Meredith Vittoria I. ix. 129 Outside the army the empire was a jealous congery of intriguing, disaffected nationalities. 1897 F. J. Burgoyne Library Constr. 293 The French National Library is contained in a congerie of buildings. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 210/1 He traces his way through the congery of squalid streets between the Cathedral and the Castle. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. vi. 161 To the extent of pulling down a congery of old houses. 1932 W. Lewis Apes of God ix. 241 A conventionally distorted, antique, floridly-fringed head presided over the congery of tubes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1867
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