单词 | epigone |
释义 | epigonen.1 rare. One of a succeeding generation. Chiefly in plural the less distinguished successors of an illustrious generation. Also in Latin form (chiefly with initial capital) eˈpigoni n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > successor followereOE successor1297 after-comera1382 nephewa1387 succedentc1440 succeederc1450 successary1486 sequacesa1513 incomer1526 subsequent1560 phoenixa1616 superseder?1774 supersessor1810 epigone1865 sequels in estate1889 1865 Athenæum No. 1989. 799/1 Epigones in the land of Erasmus. 1884 R. T. Ely Past & Present of Polit. Econ. ii. 9 That economic system, which the epigones in political economy contemplate with awe. 1937 H. Read Art & Society 257 That task may perhaps be left to future epigoni. 1964 F. H. Blum in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 162 Unlike the epigoni of his time..Mills grasped this problem in its totality. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). epigonen.2 Botany. The membranous bag or flask which encloses the spore-case of a liverwort or scale-moss when young. Also the nucule of a Chara. ΚΠ 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. v. 376 The case of the archegonium is called the epigone. 1866 in J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11865n.21861 |
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