单词 | dissimilar |
释义 | dissimilaradj.n. A. adj. a. Not similar or alike; different in appearance, properties, or nature; unlike. Const. to (less often from, rarely with.) dissimilar whole (Logic), a whole composed of heterogeneous parts. dissimilar parts (in old Anatomy), organs of the body composed of various ‘similar parts’ or tissues. Opposed to consimilar adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] othereOE otherkinseOE unilicheOE elseOE otherways?c1225 diversc1250 diverse1297 unlikea1300 likelessa1325 sundrya1325 contrariousc1340 nothera1375 strangec1380 anothera1382 otherwisea1393 diversed1393 differenta1400 differing?c1400 deparayll1413 disparable1413 disparail1413 dissemblable1413 party?a1439 unlikeningc1450 indifferent1513 distinct1523 repugnant1528 far1531 heterogene?1541 discrepant1556 mislike1570 contrary1576 distincted1577 another-gainesa1586 dispar1587 another gate1594 dislike1596 unresembling1598 heterogeneana1601 anothergates1604 heterogeneal1605 unmatched1606 disparate1608 disparent?1611 differential1618 dissimilar1621 disparated1624 dissimilary1624 heterogeneous1624 unparallel1624 otherguess1632 anotherguise1635 incongenerous1646 anotherguess1650 otherguise1653 distant1654 unresemblant1655 distantial1656 allogeneous1666 distinguished1736 otherguised1768 unsimilar1768 insimilar1801 anotherkins1855 diff1861 distinctive1867 othergate1903 unalike1934 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. iv. 24 Dissimular parts, are those which wee call Organicall. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) The dissimilar parts of the body, les parties dissimilaires du corps [not in Cotgr. 1611]. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 24 Heterogeneous, consist of dissimilar parts. 1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. ii. 47 As well may the Ray be supposed Dissimilar to the Body of the Sun. 1781 S. Johnson Addison in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets V. 99 A poetical simile is the discovery of likeness between two actions, in their general nature dissimilar. 1802 E. Parsons Myst. Visit II. 154 A wish of her own dissimilar with any expressed wish of his. 1819 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 89 78 Short lucubrations, not dissimilar from those of the Spectator. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xii. 220 A new picture..it was dissimilar to all the others hanging there. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. vi. 69 An entirely new style of coinage..which..was..dissimilar from the Roman. ΚΠ 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 28 The two (for the most part Two) dissimilar Leaves, being the very Lobes of the Seed. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Dissimilar leaves (with Botanists) are the two first leaves of a Plant. B. n. in plural. Dissimilar things. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > dissimilar things disparate1586 unlikes1588 dissimilar1654 dissimilies1659 dissimilary1661 dissemblable1928 1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 202 Similars come rarely under consideration..but dissimilar are wont chiefly to deserve explication. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Dissimilitude, or, a Dissimili, in Rhetoric, &c. an Argument, wherein, from dissimilar, or unlike Things, other dissimilars are deduced. 1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness viii. 67 If the dissimilars be not related to one another. DerivativesΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Dissimilarness, unlikeness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1621 |
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