-phagouscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. oligophagous adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin -phagus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin -phagus ( < ancient Greek -ϕάγος eating, combining form (in e.g. ὠμοϕάγος flesh-eating: see omophagous adj.) of ϕαγεῖν to eat < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit bhaj- to distribute, partake of) + -ous suffix. Compare French -phage (formations in which are found from at least the early 19th cent.).First recorded in loans from Latin and Greek, e.g. ophiophagous adj., pamphagous adj.; formations within English are found from the 18th cent. and are frequent from the 19th cent. Combining chiefly with first elements ultimately of Greek origin, but compare foliophagous adj., sociophagous adj. at socio- comb. form 2, with first elements ultimately of Latin origin.

Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that feeds on (the first element)’, as anthropophagous adj., ichthyophagous adj., phytophagous adj., sarcophagous adj.; also in humorous ad hoc formations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	-phagous
释义	-phagouscomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. oligophagous adj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin -phagus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin -phagus ( < ancient Greek -ϕάγος eating, combining form (in e.g. ὠμοϕάγος flesh-eating: see omophagous adj.) of ϕαγεῖν to eat < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit bhaj- to distribute, partake of) + -ous suffix. Compare French -phage (formations in which are found from at least the early 19th cent.).First recorded in loans from Latin and Greek, e.g. ophiophagous adj., pamphagous adj.; formations within English are found from the 18th cent. and are frequent from the 19th cent. Combining chiefly with first elements ultimately of Greek origin, but compare foliophagous adj., sociophagous adj. at socio- comb. form 2, with first elements ultimately of Latin origin. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that feeds on (the first element)’, as anthropophagous adj., ichthyophagous adj., phytophagous adj., sarcophagous adj.; also in humorous ad hoc formations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < comb. form
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