† elychniousadj.

Etymology: < Greek ἐλλύχνιον lamp-wick, < ἐν in + λύχνος lamp.

Obsolete. rare.

Of the nature of a wick. (Erroneously explained by Blount.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [adjective] > of the nature of a wick

elychnious1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xiv. 140 Men practise to make long Snasts or Elychnious parts for lampes, out of Alumen plumosum.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Elychnious, that hath no match or light, without a wick.

1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	elychnious
释义	† elychniousadj. Etymology: < Greek ἐλλύχνιον lamp-wick, < ἐν in + λύχνος lamp. Obsolete. rare. Of the nature of a wick. (Erroneously explained by Blount.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [adjective] > of the nature of a wick elychnious1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xiv. 140 Men practise to make long Snasts or Elychnious parts for lampes, out of Alumen plumosum. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Elychnious, that hath no match or light, without a wick. 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1646
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