单词 | aliped |
释义 | alipedadj.n. A. adj. 1. Having winged feet; (hence) swift, nimble.Chiefly in classical contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective] swiftc888 swifta1050 currentc1300 quickc1300 hastivea1325 hastyc1330 ingnel1340 swiftyc1380 speedfula1387 fasta1400 swippingc1420 speedy1487 fleet1528 tite?a1540 scudding1545 flighty1552 suddenly1556 flight1581 feathered1587 Pegasean1590 wing-footed1591 swift-winged?1592 thought-swift-flying1595 wind-winged?1596 swallow-winged1597 Pegasarian1607 skelping1607 rapid1608 night-swifta1616 celerious1632 clipping1635 perniciousa1656 volatile1655 quick-foot1658 meteorous1667 windy1697 high-flying1710 fleet-footed1726 aliped1727 wickc1760 velocious1775 flight-performing1785 fast-going1800 fast-moving1802 meteor1803 wight-wapping1830 fleety1841 speeding1847 swiftening1848 two-forty1855 fire-swift1865 pennate1870 spinning1882 percursory1884 zippy1889 meteoric1895 pacy1906 presto1952 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Alipede, nimble, swift of foot. 1834 C. L. S. Jones Amer. Lyrics 72 The aliped herald [sc. Hermes] bade silence proclaim. 1910 Word (N.Y.) Sept. 361 Now fiery coursers, aliped, Glad heralds waft where death is spread. 1996 Courier Mail (Queensland, Austral.) (Nexis) 13 July 8 Proulx is a master writer who, when she trips, can pick herself up by her aliped ankles and fly. ΚΠ 1835 J. N. Maffitt Oratorical Dict. 29/1 Aliped, wing-footed; having toes connected by a membrane. B. n. Chiefly Zoology. An animal with the fingers or digits connected by a membrane to form a wing; a bat. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] rearmouseeOE bata1300 callow-mouse1340 flinder-mouse1481 flittermouse1547 rattle-mouse1589 flickermouse1631 vespertilio1665 aliped1829 Cheiroptera1835 cheiropteran1835 rat-bat1851 rhinolophid1903 1829 G. T. Burnett in Q. Jrnl. Sci., Lit., & Art Apr. 266 As manupeda, manupeds, or hand-footed beasts, not unfitly denotes the apes, the monkeys, and the lemurs; alipeda, alipeds, or wing-footed beasts, may in like manner designate the bats and their allies. 1864 W. H. Smyth Addenda to Ædes Hartwellianae ii. 98 (table) Aliped, or bat. Blackbird. Blackcap warbler. 1904 A. A. Eshner tr. A. P. Brubacker Landois' Text-bk. Human Physiol. (ed. 10) 980 The placenta..is disc-shaped..in apes, insectivora, rodents, alipeds, and edentates. 1968 I. Stravinsky Diary 10 Feb. in I. Stravinsky & R. Craft Retrospectives & Conclusions (1969) 291 There are advertisements for ‘Bottomless Shoe Shines’ and..‘The Nude Bat Girl’ (what is the added attraction of an aliped?). 1989 Amazoniana 11 83 The highest contamination was detected in fructivorous bats directly after spraying, whereas the residue values for insectivorous alipeds were considerably higher only after 2 or 3 years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1727 |
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