irrorationn.

/ɪrɒˈreɪʃən/

Etymology: noun of action < irrorate v.: compare French irroration (1762 in Dict. Acad.).

†1. A sprinkling or wetting as with dew; a bedewing, besprinkling, moistening. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [noun] > action or process of making > as with dew

dewinga1522

irroration1623

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Irroration, a sprinckling, a moystning.

1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 272 To the Irroration of the Body, much use of sweet Things is profitable.

1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 5033 A confused irroration of the external surface, without any ebullition.

1784 tr. L. Spallanzani Diss. Nat. Hist. II. i. 28 If during the discharge the irroration should be interrupted,..the portion of eggs then excluded will be barren.

2. Zoology, esp. Entomology. A sprinkling of minute dots or spots of colour.

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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > spotted marking > small spot > sprinkling of minute dots

irroration1843

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > marking or colouring > sprinkling of minute dots

irroration1843

1843 H. N. Humphreys & J. O. Westwood Brit. Moths I. 124 Of a nearly uniform pale brownish buff, without irrorations.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	irroration
释义	irrorationn. /ɪrɒˈreɪʃən/ Etymology: noun of action < irrorate v.: compare French irroration (1762 in Dict. Acad.). †1. A sprinkling or wetting as with dew; a bedewing, besprinkling, moistening. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [noun] > action or process of making > as with dew dewinga1522 irroration1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Irroration, a sprinckling, a moystning. 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 272 To the Irroration of the Body, much use of sweet Things is profitable. 1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 5033 A confused irroration of the external surface, without any ebullition. 1784 tr. L. Spallanzani Diss. Nat. Hist. II. i. 28 If during the discharge the irroration should be interrupted,..the portion of eggs then excluded will be barren. 2. Zoology, esp. Entomology. A sprinkling of minute dots or spots of colour. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [noun] > spotted marking > small spot > sprinkling of minute dots irroration1843 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > marking or colouring > sprinkling of minute dots irroration1843 1843 H. N. Humphreys & J. O. Westwood Brit. Moths I. 124 Of a nearly uniform pale brownish buff, without irrorations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1623
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