contabescencen.

/kɒntəˈbɛsəns/

Etymology: < Latin type *contābēscentia , noun of state < contābēscent- : see contabescent adj. and -ence suffix. So French contabescence (in Littré).

†1. A general wasting away, decay, atrophy. Obsolete in general sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > decay or decaying

decas1393

decay1523

corrupting1565

fretting1582

marcor1646

contabescence1650

rot1663

decayedness1702

1650 tr. N. Caussin Angel of Peace 44 Such a cruel Warre..creeping as it were with a slow contabescence..eats up all things.

1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana 235 All..odorous bodies, in the tract of a few years, confess a substantiall Contabescence, or decay of Quantity.

1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Contabescence, same as Contabescentia..an old term for atrophy, consumption, marasmus, or any wasting of the body.

2. Botany. Partial or total suppression of pollen formation in the anthers of flowers. See contabescent adj.

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1869 M. T. Masters Veg. Teratol. (Ray Soc.)

1888 G. Henslow Origin Floral Struct. 275 The phenomenon called contabescence by Gärtner.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	contabescence
释义	contabescencen. /kɒntəˈbɛsəns/ Etymology: < Latin type contābēscentia , noun of state < contābēscent-* : see contabescent adj. and -ence suffix. So French contabescence (in Littré). †1. A general wasting away, decay, atrophy. Obsolete in general sense. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > decay or decaying decas1393 decay1523 corrupting1565 fretting1582 marcor1646 contabescence1650 rot1663 decayedness1702 1650 tr. N. Caussin Angel of Peace 44 Such a cruel Warre..creeping as it were with a slow contabescence..eats up all things. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana 235 All..odorous bodies, in the tract of a few years, confess a substantiall Contabescence, or decay of Quantity. 1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Contabescence, same as Contabescentia..an old term for atrophy, consumption, marasmus, or any wasting of the body. 2. Botany. Partial or total suppression of pollen formation in the anthers of flowers. See contabescent adj. ΚΠ 1869 M. T. Masters Veg. Teratol. (Ray Soc.) 1888 G. Henslow Origin Floral Struct. 275 The phenomenon called contabescence by Gärtner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1650
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