molluscousadj.¹

Brit.

/məˈlʌskəs/, U.S.

/məˈləskəs/

Forms: 1800s moluscous, 1800s– molluscous.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Mollusca n., mollusc n., -ous suffix; Latin Mollusca , -ous suffix.

Etymology: Probably partly < Mollusca n. and its etymon scientific Latin Mollusca + -ous suffix, and partly < mollusc n. + -ous suffix.

1. Zoology. Of or relating to the phylum (or Linnaean order) Mollusca; of the nature of a mollusc. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > belonging to

molluscous1813

molluscoid1852

molluscoidal1872

molluscoidan1890

molluscoidean1890

1813 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. vii. 179 Moluscous animals of a particular species.

1816 W. Bingley Useful Knowl. III. 13 Molluscous Worms are simple animals, without shell, and furnished with limbs, as the cuttle fish, medusæ, star-fish, and sea-urchins.

1843 W. MacGillivray (title) A history of the molluscous animals of the counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine, and Banff.

1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 58 The quinarians make out five molluscous classes, by excluding the tunicata.

1886 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 407 Now that oysters are so dear..we should look around for some molluscous substitute.

1989 New Scientist 28 Jan. 79/1 He [sc. W. MacGillivray: cf. quot. 1843] wrote prodigiously in many fields; scores of papers,..and a history of the molluscous animals of Aberdeenshire.

2. figurative. Likened to a mollusc; flabby, spineless. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will

nesheOE

feeblec1200

softc1275

weaka1425

infirm1526

lithya1533

unheaded1577

spiritless1595

pappy1597

irresolute1600

marrowless1607

seducible1613

wax-nosedc1615

unsinewy?1623

reedy1628

swayable1642

short-spirited1647

weak-headed1654

lath-backed1676

will-less?1680

tiffany-trader1702

weak-minded1716

lax1751

lax-fibred1762

nerveless1783

wishy-washy1801

marcid1822

molluscous1836

boneless1848

weedy1849

putty-headed1857

flabby1862

weak-kneed1863

fibreless1864

invertebrate1867

chinless1881

backboneless1882

featherweight1885

spineless1885

weak-willed1885

totter-kneed1887

akratic1896

effete1905

weakling1906

gutless1915

willowish1919

Milquetoast1932

nannified1960

ball-less1967

1836 C. G. F. Gore Mrs. Armytage I. x. 141 There was a degree of quaint antiquity about the place which would have transported to rapture even the molluscous nature of an F.R.S.

1870 Sat. Rev. 23 Apr. 538/2 A molluscous man, too, suddenly ejected from his long-accustomed groove,..presents just as wretched a picture of helplessness and unshiftiness.

1873 W. S. Mayo Never Again xxix. 533 Reclining in molluscous languor upon a mother-of-pearl reading-lounge, she seemed [etc.].

1886 Manch. Examiner 9 Nov. 5/2 We may regard him as a fair type of Toryism in its present molluscous condition.

1908 Harvard Theol. Rev. 1 5 The only alternatives are those of a molluscous theology and a vertebrated theology; a theology which is all foreground, like a Chinese plate where the man is larger than the house from which he comes, and a theology which has perspective, background, and relations.

Derivatives

moˈlluscousness n. rare spinelessness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will

unmighteOE

frailnessa1300

infirmityc1384

debility1474

brittleness1493

brucklenessc1500

weak side1668

weakness1748

washiness1763

feebleness1809–10

enervation1849

weak-mindedness1854

feet of clay1859

will-lessness1865

bonelessness1869

molluscousness1870

limpness1873

backbonelessness1882

invertebracy1882

weak-kneedness1882

invertebrateness1884

spinelessness1920

gutlessness1936

1870 Contemp. Rev. 14 408 That ‘moral molluscousness’ which my Lord Elcho has had the good fortune to make into a proverb.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

molluscousadj.²

Brit.

/məˈlʌskəs/, U.S.

/məˈləskəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: molluscum n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < molluscum n. + -ous suffix.

Medicine. Now rare.

Of or resembling molluscum or a molluscum.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > tumour > soft tumour

molluscous1837

molluscoid1874

1837 London Med. Gaz. 19 860/2 The structure of the molluscous tubercles.

a1883 C. H. Fagge Princ. & Pract. Med. (1886) I. 112 The peculiar discoid shape of molluscous growths.

1895 Proc. Royal Soc. 58 471 Molluscum contagiosum was experimented with, because certain observers have held that the ‘molluscous bodies’ in the lesions are protozoa.

1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) xxviii. 308 The Ehler's Danlos [sic] syndrome is a tetrad consisting of:—(1) hyperelasticity of the skin; (2) hyperlaxity of the joints. (3) fragility of the skin and blood vessels; (4) molluscous and pseudo-tumours following injury.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	molluscous
释义	molluscousadj.¹ Brit. /məˈlʌskəs/, U.S. /məˈləskəs/ Forms: 1800s moluscous, 1800s– molluscous. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Mollusca n., mollusc n., -ous suffix; Latin Mollusca , -ous suffix. Etymology: Probably partly < Mollusca n. and its etymon scientific Latin Mollusca + -ous suffix, and partly < mollusc n. + -ous suffix. 1. Zoology. Of or relating to the phylum (or Linnaean order) Mollusca; of the nature of a mollusc. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > belonging to molluscous1813 molluscoid1852 molluscoidal1872 molluscoidan1890 molluscoidean1890 1813 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. vii. 179 Moluscous animals of a particular species. 1816 W. Bingley Useful Knowl. III. 13 Molluscous Worms are simple animals, without shell, and furnished with limbs, as the cuttle fish, medusæ, star-fish, and sea-urchins. 1843 W. MacGillivray (title) A history of the molluscous animals of the counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine, and Banff. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 58 The quinarians make out five molluscous classes, by excluding the tunicata. 1886 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 407 Now that oysters are so dear..we should look around for some molluscous substitute. 1989 New Scientist 28 Jan. 79/1 He [sc. W. MacGillivray: cf. quot. 1843] wrote prodigiously in many fields; scores of papers,..and a history of the molluscous animals of Aberdeenshire. 2. figurative. Likened to a mollusc; flabby, spineless. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will nesheOE feeblec1200 softc1275 weaka1425 infirm1526 lithya1533 unheaded1577 spiritless1595 pappy1597 irresolute1600 marrowless1607 seducible1613 wax-nosedc1615 unsinewy?1623 reedy1628 swayable1642 short-spirited1647 weak-headed1654 lath-backed1676 will-less?1680 tiffany-trader1702 weak-minded1716 lax1751 lax-fibred1762 nerveless1783 wishy-washy1801 marcid1822 molluscous1836 boneless1848 weedy1849 putty-headed1857 flabby1862 weak-kneed1863 fibreless1864 invertebrate1867 chinless1881 backboneless1882 featherweight1885 spineless1885 weak-willed1885 totter-kneed1887 akratic1896 effete1905 weakling1906 gutless1915 willowish1919 Milquetoast1932 nannified1960 ball-less1967 1836 C. G. F. Gore Mrs. Armytage I. x. 141 There was a degree of quaint antiquity about the place which would have transported to rapture even the molluscous nature of an F.R.S. 1870 Sat. Rev. 23 Apr. 538/2 A molluscous man, too, suddenly ejected from his long-accustomed groove,..presents just as wretched a picture of helplessness and unshiftiness. 1873 W. S. Mayo Never Again xxix. 533 Reclining in molluscous languor upon a mother-of-pearl reading-lounge, she seemed [etc.]. 1886 Manch. Examiner 9 Nov. 5/2 We may regard him as a fair type of Toryism in its present molluscous condition. 1908 Harvard Theol. Rev. 1 5 The only alternatives are those of a molluscous theology and a vertebrated theology; a theology which is all foreground, like a Chinese plate where the man is larger than the house from which he comes, and a theology which has perspective, background, and relations. Derivatives moˈlluscousness n. rare spinelessness. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will unmighteOE frailnessa1300 infirmityc1384 debility1474 brittleness1493 brucklenessc1500 weak side1668 weakness1748 washiness1763 feebleness1809–10 enervation1849 weak-mindedness1854 feet of clay1859 will-lessness1865 bonelessness1869 molluscousness1870 limpness1873 backbonelessness1882 invertebracy1882 weak-kneedness1882 invertebrateness1884 spinelessness1920 gutlessness1936 1870 Contemp. Rev. 14 408 That ‘moral molluscousness’ which my Lord Elcho has had the good fortune to make into a proverb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). molluscousadj.² Brit. /məˈlʌskəs/, U.S. /məˈləskəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: molluscum n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < molluscum n. + -ous suffix. Medicine. Now rare. Of or resembling molluscum or a molluscum. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > tumour > soft tumour molluscous1837 molluscoid1874 1837 London Med. Gaz. 19 860/2 The structure of the molluscous tubercles. a1883 C. H. Fagge Princ. & Pract. Med. (1886) I. 112 The peculiar discoid shape of molluscous growths. 1895 Proc. Royal Soc. 58 471 Molluscum contagiosum was experimented with, because certain observers have held that the ‘molluscous bodies’ in the lesions are protozoa. 1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) xxviii. 308 The Ehler's Danlos [sic] syndrome is a tetrad consisting of:—(1) hyperelasticity of the skin; (2) hyperlaxity of the joints. (3) fragility of the skin and blood vessels; (4) molluscous and pseudo-tumours following injury. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹1813adj.²1837
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