单词 | homoeopathic |
释义 | homoeopathicadj.n. A. adj. 1. Belonging to or of the nature of homoeopathy; practising or advocating homoeopathy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [adjective] > homoeopathy homoeopathic1830 1824 Hahnemann Organon der Heilkunst (ed. 3) 1 Diesen homöopathischen Heilweg lehrte bisher niemand.] 1830 Edinb. Rev. 50 513 First stands the homöopathic..then the allopathic or heteropathic [method]. a1845 T. Hood Ode to Dr. Hahnemann iii Thanks to that soothing homœopathic balm. 1876 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) II. viii. 467 I am resolutely homœopathic. 2. figurative. Very small or minute, like the doses usually given in homoeopathy. (Often humorous.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small tinea1400 little weea1525 undersmall?1527 little little1542 perpusil1598 tiny1598 punctual1605 minute1606 pygmya1616 exiguous1630 atomical1646 minutulous1651 puncticular1658 arenulous1664 myriate1665 minimal1666 minim1671 infinitesimal1733 minutissim1768 weeny1790 midgety1798 teeny1802 pinpoint1807 atomic1809 homuncular1822 minnow1824 weeshy1825 pinhead1835 finitesimal1836 homoeopathic1838 teeny-weeny1842 teenty1844 teenty-taunty1844 teeny-tiny1849 submolecular1854 teensy1856 super-compact1860 midget1865 ultramicroscopic1870 pilulous1871 teensy-weensy1872 tee-tiny1872 minuscule1878 smitchy1888 eeny-weeny1894 eensy-weensy1904 pygmean1904 ultramicroscopical1904 bitsy1905 bitty1905 totty1906 millimetric1909 miniscule1909 minuscular1911 insectual1912 micro1931 eeny1933 eensy1940 submicrogram1941 submillimetre1954 diddy1963 mini1963 micro-mini1967 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. xli. 102 Mr. Claypole taking cold beef from the dish and porter from the pot, and administering homœopathic doses of both to Charlotte. 1841 J. L. Motley Let. 18 Nov. in Corr. (1889) I. iv. 70 Prussia is a mild despotism to be sure. 'Tis the homœopathic tyranny—small doses, constantly administered, and strict diet and regimen. 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 307 The chapel was homœopathic in its dimensions. B. n. A homoeopathic drug or medicine. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > homoeopathic medicine simillimum1845 similar1848 homoeopathic1854 1854 W. Irving Let. 31 Aug. (1982) IV. 494 You ask me whether the homeopathics still keep me quite well. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1830 |
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