-pneusticcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. polypneustic adj.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πνευστικός.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πνευστικός of, or for, breathing (Galen) < -πνευστος (only attested in compounds, e.g. ἄπνευστος not breathing; < πνεῖν to breathe (see pneuma n.) + inserted -σ- + -τος , suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare German -pneustisch (formations in which are found from at least the second half of the 19th cent.: see e.g. metapneustisch metapneustic adj., peripneustic peripneustic adj.).The earliest compound in -pneustic comb. form is the theological term theopneustic adj. at theopneust adj. Derivatives; all the remaining are entomological terms which appeared in the last quarter of 19th cent. Combined with first elements of ultimately Greek origin.

Forming adjectives designating breathing, where the first element describes the manner of breathing.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	-pneustic
释义	-pneusticcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. polypneustic adj. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πνευστικός. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πνευστικός of, or for, breathing (Galen) < -πνευστος (only attested in compounds, e.g. ἄπνευστος not breathing; < πνεῖν to breathe (see pneuma n.) + inserted -σ- + -τος , suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare German -pneustisch (formations in which are found from at least the second half of the 19th cent.: see e.g. metapneustisch metapneustic adj., peripneustic peripneustic adj.).The earliest compound in -pneustic comb. form is the theological term theopneustic adj. at theopneust adj. Derivatives; all the remaining are entomological terms which appeared in the last quarter of 19th cent. Combined with first elements of ultimately Greek origin. Forming adjectives designating breathing, where the first element describes the manner of breathing. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < comb. form
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