cryptozoologicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)ˌzuːəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/,

/ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)ˌzəʊəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌkrɪptəˌzuəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/,

/ˈˌkrɪptəˌzoʊəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: crypto- comb. form, zoological adj.

Etymology: < crypto- comb. form + zoological adj., probably after French cryptozoologie (see discussion at cryptozoology n.).

Of or relating to cryptozoology.

ΚΠ

1961 I. T. Sanderson Abominable Snowmen viii. 148 It [sc. B. Heuvelmans Sur la piste des bêtes ignorées (1955)] covers also many other items of a crypto-zoological nature, and is entitled in its English version, On the Track of Unknown Animals.

1984 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 128 10/2 Even if accepted, this would hardly be an example of a clear-cut cryptozoological discovery of another survivor previously considered extinct.

1995 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Oct. 166/3 These are the sea monsters of legend, the focus of keen cryptozoological interest.

2006 C. Stross Clan Corporate (2007) ii. 25 The king's grandfather..had taken his antediluvian cryptozoological studies as seriously as the present incumbent took his watchmaker's bench.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cryptozoological
释义	cryptozoologicaladj. Brit. /ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)ˌzuːəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, /ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)ˌzəʊəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌkrɪptəˌzuəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/, /ˈˌkrɪptəˌzoʊəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: crypto- comb. form, zoological adj. Etymology: < crypto- comb. form + zoological adj., probably after French cryptozoologie (see discussion at cryptozoology n.). Of or relating to cryptozoology. ΚΠ 1961 I. T. Sanderson Abominable Snowmen viii. 148 It [sc. B. Heuvelmans Sur la piste des bêtes ignorées (1955)] covers also many other items of a crypto-zoological nature, and is entitled in its English version, On the Track of Unknown Animals. 1984 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 128 10/2 Even if accepted, this would hardly be an example of a clear-cut cryptozoological discovery of another survivor previously considered extinct. 1995 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Oct. 166/3 These are the sea monsters of legend, the focus of keen cryptozoological interest. 2006 C. Stross Clan Corporate (2007) ii. 25 The king's grandfather..had taken his antediluvian cryptozoological studies as seriously as the present incumbent took his watchmaker's bench. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1961
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