-philouscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin -philus ; Greek -ϕιλος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin and scientific Latin -philus and its etymon ancient Greek -ϕιλος -phile comb. form + -ous suffix. Compare -phile comb. form, -philic comb. form.This element occurs earliest in the late 16th cent. with a first element of Latin origin in umbriphilous adj. (in sense 1). It subsequently occurs (in sense 2) in gynophilous adj. at gyno- comb. form . This and the majority of later formations, which are found from the early 19th cent. onwards, have first elements of Greek origin.

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1. Biology. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘having an affinity for or thriving in (a particular kind of habitat or environment)’, as dendrophilous adj. at dendro- comb. form , hydrophilous adj., hygrophilous adj., mesophilous adj.

2. Forming adjectives with sense ‘loving the person or thing denoted by the first element of the compound’, as necrophilous adj. 2.

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3. Ecology. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘pollinated by the agent denoted by the first element of the compound’, as ornithophilous adj.

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4. Biology and Medicine. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘readily stained by the agent denoted by the first element of the compound’, as neutrophilous adj. 1.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	-philous
释义	-philouscomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin -philus ; Greek -ϕιλος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin and scientific Latin -philus and its etymon ancient Greek -ϕιλος -phile comb. form + -ous suffix. Compare -phile comb. form, -philic comb. form.This element occurs earliest in the late 16th cent. with a first element of Latin origin in umbriphilous adj. (in sense 1). It subsequently occurs (in sense 2) in gynophilous adj. at gyno- comb. form . This and the majority of later formations, which are found from the early 19th cent. onwards, have first elements of Greek origin. Categories » 1. Biology. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘having an affinity for or thriving in (a particular kind of habitat or environment)’, as dendrophilous adj. at dendro- comb. form , hydrophilous adj., hygrophilous adj., mesophilous adj. 2. Forming adjectives with sense ‘loving the person or thing denoted by the first element of the compound’, as necrophilous adj. 2. Categories » 3. Ecology. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘pollinated by the agent denoted by the first element of the compound’, as ornithophilous adj. Categories » 4. Biology and Medicine. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘readily stained by the agent denoted by the first element of the compound’, as neutrophilous adj. 1. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < comb. form
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