单词 | cuniculous |
释义 | † cuniculousadj. Obsolete. Full of holes and windings, like a rabbit-warren; also, full of rabbits. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves > like a maze or labyrinth forwrinked14.. mazy1579 coney-vaulted1585 labyrinthian1588 mazelike1596 labyrinth-like1601 Daedalian1607 labyrinthine1632 cuniculous1634 labyrinthed1641 labyrinthala1661 labyrinthiform1805 daedal1818 meandriform1857 mazed1920 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xiii. viii. 473 If the ulcer be cuniculous or full of windings. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xiii. xxiii. 486 Fistula's may be judged cuniculous, and running into many turnings and windings. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cuniculous..full of holes or mines under the ground, full of Conies. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cuniculous, full of Cony-burroughs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1634 |
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