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单词 dinosauric
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dinosauricadj.

Brit. /ˌdʌɪnəˈsɔːrɪk/, U.S. /ˌdaɪnəˈsɔrɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dinosaur n., -ic suffix.
Etymology: < dinosaur n. + -ic suffix. Compare earlier dinosaurian adj.
1. Of or relating to a dinosaur or dinosaurs; characteristic of or resembling a dinosaur.
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the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > of order Sauria > of or relating to dinosaur
saurian1826
dinosaurian1842
dinosauric1888
dino1981
the world > animals > reptiles > extinct reptiles and dinosaurs > [adjective] > of order Sauria > resembling
saurian1864
dinosauric1888
dinosaur-like1932
1888 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 180 The current has carried us into..the full dominion of the reptiles, where we speculated concerning the dinosauric origin of the monotremata or of some similar group.
1903 Butte (Montana) Inter Mountain 5 Aug. 2/4 Montana, Wyoming and Colorado have yielded a great harvest of dinosauric bones to the scientist.
1909 Washington Post 29 June 6/4 Blind creatures resembling frogs and presumably of the dinosauric period..were unearthed alive in a sandstone bluff.
1984 R. O'Hanlon In Heart Borneo v. 32 A monitor lizard, reared up on its front legs, watched us for a moment with its dinosauric eyes.
2014 Georgia Rev. Fall 562 The pterodactyl was a pre-historic, dinosauric bird with ‘wing-fingers’.
2. figurative. Originally: extremely large, unwieldy. Later also (now usually): old-fashioned, outdated, or obsolete; unable or unwilling to adapt to changing circumstances.Cf. dinosaurian adj. 2, dinosaur-like adj. 2.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky
burlyc1400
bulkedc1420
massyc1540
bowerly1542
lumpish1545
big-bodied1561
massy?1571
spacious1595
voluminousa1635
grossy1648
bulkishc1660
bulky1687
bulksomea1693
material1715
bouksome1785
dinosaurian1916
dinosauric1922
the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > of persons, views, etc.
old-fashioned1596
musty1603
mildewed1605
fusty1609
wormy1611
frumpy1746
fossila1770
arriéré1814
has-been1819
Rip Van Winkleish1829
frumpish1847
archaistic1850
fogey1852
fogeyish1852
old fogeyish1853
rusty-fusty1864
mossbacked1876
dead-handed1928
Victorian1934
unhep1939
unhip1939
dinosaurian1943
square1946
dinosaur-like1947
dinosauric1977
analogue1993
1922 Washington Post 18 Jan. 17/5 In his physical attributes the English guest conductor has not the academic poise of a Damrosch..; in fact there is a sort of dinosauric attitude on the rostrum at all times.
1961 Economist 1 July 17/1 None of these issues has been so circumscribed..as to dampen the spirits of Mr Harold Wilson, Mr Cousins or anyone else in the dinosauric brigade.
1971 Bennington (Vermont) Banner 1 Nov. 4/5 We even have a few dinosauric survivals from the era when ethnic jokes were acceptable.
1977 J. Rechy Sexual Outlaw 24 Inevitably the dinosauric demolition machines came crushing everything into dust.
2011 Tel. Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 26 Sept. a2 Within a year of 1912, actual film was developed by the Eastman Co. and glass plates became almost dinosauric, much like film today in the wake of digital photography.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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