hippopotamicadj.

Brit.

/ˌhɪpə(ʊ)pəˈtamɪk/, U.S.

/ˌhɪpəpəˈtæmɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hippopotamus n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: < hippopotamus n. + -ic suffix.With sense 2 compare French hippopotamique (1838).

1. Of, belonging to, or of the nature of, a hippopotamus. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1785 J. Douglas Diss. Antiq. Earth 9 These hippopotamic remains being discovered petrified.

1838 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 37) 225 Hippopotamic deity, a form of Hathor or Isis, on its hind legs, with female face and headdress.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xvi. 326 When a shot is fired into a sleeping herd [sc. of hippopotami], all start up on their feet, and stare with peculiar stolid looks of hippopotamic surprise.

1933 N.Y. Herald Tribune 12 July 9/5 For several days park officials have been checking over the zoo larder in search of morsels especially soothing to a hippopotamic appetite.

2. Resembling or reminiscent of a hippopotamus or that of a hippopotamus; esp. very large; massive, heavy; unwieldy, ponderous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy

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hippopotamine1911

1853 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship vii, in Sharpe's London Mag. July 130/1 ‘We really should be extremely obliged to you,’ returned Miss Hazlehurst, senior, with her most gracious and least hippopotamic smile.

1877 Galaxy Apr. 526/1 Her tread was hippopotamic. And yet she showed traces of beauty.

1888 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Aug. 177/1 Even with the masters of it, English prose was then still in the hippopotamic stage.

1926 J. Agate Contemp. Theatre 1925 208 A hippopotamic sideboard which no van..would consent to deliver.

1992 Playboy Aug. 147/1 If you cling to the cliché that all opera stars are hippopotamic you're in for a nice surprise.

2001 R. Hill Dialogues of Dead (2002) xviii. 199 The Fat Man's eyes had closed and his mouth opened in a hippopotamic yawn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hippopotamic
释义	hippopotamicadj. Brit. /ˌhɪpə(ʊ)pəˈtamɪk/, U.S. /ˌhɪpəpəˈtæmɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hippopotamus n., -ic suffix. Etymology: < hippopotamus n. + -ic suffix.With sense 2 compare French hippopotamique (1838). 1. Of, belonging to, or of the nature of, a hippopotamus. Now rare. ΚΠ 1785 J. Douglas Diss. Antiq. Earth 9 These hippopotamic remains being discovered petrified. 1838 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 37) 225 Hippopotamic deity, a form of Hathor or Isis, on its hind legs, with female face and headdress. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xvi. 326 When a shot is fired into a sleeping herd [sc. of hippopotami], all start up on their feet, and stare with peculiar stolid looks of hippopotamic surprise. 1933 N.Y. Herald Tribune 12 July 9/5 For several days park officials have been checking over the zoo larder in search of morsels especially soothing to a hippopotamic appetite. 2. Resembling or reminiscent of a hippopotamus or that of a hippopotamus; esp. very large; massive, heavy; unwieldy, ponderous. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy unridec1175 un-i-weldec1275 boistous?a1400 cumbrousa1400 roida1450 clubbishc1530 lumpish?1573 bouncing1579 unwieldy1582 boisterous1590 unfeirdyc1590 lumbering1593 cumbersome1594 elephantic1598 elephant-likea1603 moliminous1642 clumpish1681 rhinocerical1689 hulking1699 hulky1785 lumberly1805 elephantine1826 rhinocerial1828 lumbersome1834 clumpy1836 lumbrous1836 hippopotamic1853 hippopotamian1864 megatherial1894 hippopotamine1911 1853 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship vii, in Sharpe's London Mag. July 130/1 ‘We really should be extremely obliged to you,’ returned Miss Hazlehurst, senior, with her most gracious and least hippopotamic smile. 1877 Galaxy Apr. 526/1 Her tread was hippopotamic. And yet she showed traces of beauty. 1888 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Aug. 177/1 Even with the masters of it, English prose was then still in the hippopotamic stage. 1926 J. Agate Contemp. Theatre 1925 208 A hippopotamic sideboard which no van..would consent to deliver. 1992 Playboy Aug. 147/1 If you cling to the cliché that all opera stars are hippopotamic you're in for a nice surprise. 2001 R. Hill Dialogues of Dead (2002) xviii. 199 The Fat Man's eyes had closed and his mouth opened in a hippopotamic yawn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1785
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