geognosisn.

Brit.

/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ɡˈnəʊsɪs/,

/dʒɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/, U.S.

/ˌdʒioʊɡˈnoʊsəs/

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymon: geognosy n.

Etymology: Probably an alteration of geognosy n., after ancient Greek γνῶσις gnosis n. Compare German Geognosis (1808 or earlier).Quot. 1810 is from a translation of an unpublished French original. A. G. Werner, the German scientist mentioned in quots. 1817 and 1960, used only German Geognosie geognosy n.

Now historical and rare.

= geognosy n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun]

subterranean geography1749

geology1788

geognosy1792

geognosis1810

1810 tr. R. Chenevix in Philos. Mag. 36 300 These masses will therefore be mixed species, and appertain to geognosis.

1817 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. 38 397 After 1779 and 1780, when he [sc. Werner] first lectured on oryktognosis and geognosis, at Freiberg, he was heard with gratitude by scholars from all parts of Europe.

1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. ix. 138 He has no bent towards exploration, or the enlargement of our geognosis.

1960 D. Woodward tr. A. Schönberger & H. Soehner Rococo Age 28 Finally, Werner, with his papers on ‘geognosis’, raised geology to the status of an independent and exact science.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	geognosis
释义	geognosisn. Brit. /ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ɡˈnəʊsɪs/, /dʒɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊɡˈnoʊsəs/ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymon: geognosy n. Etymology: Probably an alteration of geognosy n., after ancient Greek γνῶσις gnosis n. Compare German Geognosis (1808 or earlier).Quot. 1810 is from a translation of an unpublished French original. A. G. Werner, the German scientist mentioned in quots. 1817 and 1960, used only German Geognosie geognosy n. Now historical and rare. = geognosy n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] subterranean geography1749 geology1788 geognosy1792 geognosis1810 1810 tr. R. Chenevix in Philos. Mag. 36 300 These masses will therefore be mixed species, and appertain to geognosis. 1817 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. 38 397 After 1779 and 1780, when he [sc. Werner] first lectured on oryktognosis and geognosis, at Freiberg, he was heard with gratitude by scholars from all parts of Europe. 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. ix. 138 He has no bent towards exploration, or the enlargement of our geognosis. 1960 D. Woodward tr. A. Schönberger & H. Soehner Rococo Age 28 Finally, Werner, with his papers on ‘geognosis’, raised geology to the status of an independent and exact science. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1810
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