† animalculineadj.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: animalcule n., -ine suffix¹; Latin animalculum , -ine suffix¹.

Etymology: < animalcule n. or its etymon post-classical Latin animalculum + -ine suffix¹. Compare earlier animalcular adj., animalculous adj. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ænimæ·lkiŭlin) /ænɪˈmælkjʊlɪn/.

Obsolete. rare.

= animalcular adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > small

urchina1535

dwarf1548

animalcular1749

animalculinea1817

a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) I. 385 The nidus, in which the animalculine existence is formed.

a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) I. 385 That animalculine putrefaction is the immediate cause of those diseases..which are justly attributed to standing waters.

1847 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 10 15 I have long thought that cholera and some other diseases have their origin in animalculine blight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	animalculine
释义	† animalculineadj. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: animalcule n., -ine suffix¹; Latin animalculum , -ine suffix¹. Etymology: < animalcule n. or its etymon post-classical Latin animalculum + -ine suffix¹. Compare earlier animalcular adj., animalculous adj. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ænimæ·lkiŭlin) /ænɪˈmælkjʊlɪn/. Obsolete. rare. = animalcular adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > small urchina1535 dwarf1548 animalcular1749 animalculinea1817 a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) I. 385 The nidus, in which the animalculine existence is formed. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) I. 385 That animalculine putrefaction is the immediate cause of those diseases..which are justly attributed to standing waters. 1847 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 10 15 I have long thought that cholera and some other diseases have their origin in animalculine blight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.a1817
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