nodosityn.

Brit.

/nə(ʊ)ˈdɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/noʊˈdɑsədi/

Forms: late Middle English nodosite, 1600s nodositie, 1600s– nodosity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nodositas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nodositas complication (late 4th cent.), knottiness of the joints (5th cent.), knotty swelling or protuberance (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin nōdōsus nodose adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French nodosité knotty swelling or tumour (14th cent.), knottiness (1539), Italian nodosità (a1320).

1. A knotty swelling or protuberance. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > a protuberance or protuberant part > knob > a knobble or knot

knot?c1225

nodosity?a1425

knobble?a1450

knurl1608

nubble1776

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 143^v Þer fallen in a mannes toes dyuerse diseses as hardenesse, callosite, and nodosite and porri... Take alle þe nodosite oþer þe callosite wiþ a nedel.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 311 The same ointment..abateth the tumors & nodosities vpon the ioints.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. v. 239 That tortuosity, or complicated nodosity, we usually call the Navell.

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 171 Such are the Nodosities..to be found in Ash as well as Maple.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1781 II. 361 [E. Burke:] It has all the nodosities of the oak without its strength.

1808 J. Jebb Let. 3 Dec. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) I. 461 There does not seem to remain in him a single doctrine nodosity.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 165 A dorsal fin in some species; nodosities on the back in others.

1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 182 These nodosities..are softer than the rest of the substance.

1892 Academy 6 Feb. 125/1 These nodosities upon the golden thread of an otherwise fine diction.

a1910 W. V. Moody Poems (1912) 26 Fan-trees and dwarfed nodosities of pine, Mixed with old alphabets, and faded lore.

1946 ‘M. Innes’ From London Far ii.vii. 119 The infinite roll of the moor was unbroken even by those protuberances and nodosities which had once relieved the wearied eye of Dr. Johnson.

1990 Antiquaries Jrnl. 52 25 There are protuberances or nodosities on neckrings and armrings in eastern France.

2. The state or quality of being nodose; knottiness.

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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > state of having bumps or lumps > state of having knobs or knots

nodation?a1425

knottiness1607

knobbiness1611

nodosity1611

nodation1623

knobbliness1899

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Nodosita, knottinesse, nodosity.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nodosity,..knottiness, knobbiness.

1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 275 The clinical history of the nodosity of the joints.

1837 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 405 It is very beautiful, this mild strength,..in contrast with his brother's nodosity.

1994 Mycotaxon 52 513 Conidial size, degree of septation, and relative nodosity of conidiophores all decreased.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nodosity
释义	nodosityn. Brit. /nə(ʊ)ˈdɒsᵻti/, U.S. /noʊˈdɑsədi/ Forms: late Middle English nodosite, 1600s nodositie, 1600s– nodosity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nodositas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nodositas complication (late 4th cent.), knottiness of the joints (5th cent.), knotty swelling or protuberance (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin nōdōsus nodose adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French nodosité knotty swelling or tumour (14th cent.), knottiness (1539), Italian nodosità (a1320). 1. A knotty swelling or protuberance. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > a protuberance or protuberant part > knob > a knobble or knot knot?c1225 nodosity?a1425 knobble?a1450 knurl1608 nubble1776 ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 143^v Þer fallen in a mannes toes dyuerse diseses as hardenesse, callosite, and nodosite and porri... Take alle þe nodosite oþer þe callosite wiþ a nedel. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 311 The same ointment..abateth the tumors & nodosities vpon the ioints. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. v. 239 That tortuosity, or complicated nodosity, we usually call the Navell. View more context for this quotation 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 171 Such are the Nodosities..to be found in Ash as well as Maple. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1781 II. 361 [E. Burke:] It has all the nodosities of the oak without its strength. 1808 J. Jebb Let. 3 Dec. in J. Jebb & A. Knox Thirty Years' Corr. (1834) I. 461 There does not seem to remain in him a single doctrine nodosity. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 165 A dorsal fin in some species; nodosities on the back in others. 1872 J. S. Cohen Dis. Throat 182 These nodosities..are softer than the rest of the substance. 1892 Academy 6 Feb. 125/1 These nodosities upon the golden thread of an otherwise fine diction. a1910 W. V. Moody Poems (1912) 26 Fan-trees and dwarfed nodosities of pine, Mixed with old alphabets, and faded lore. 1946 ‘M. Innes’ From London Far ii.vii. 119 The infinite roll of the moor was unbroken even by those protuberances and nodosities which had once relieved the wearied eye of Dr. Johnson. 1990 Antiquaries Jrnl. 52 25 There are protuberances or nodosities on neckrings and armrings in eastern France. 2. The state or quality of being nodose; knottiness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > state of having bumps or lumps > state of having knobs or knots nodation?a1425 knottiness1607 knobbiness1611 nodosity1611 nodation1623 knobbliness1899 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Nodosita, knottinesse, nodosity. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nodosity,..knottiness, knobbiness. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 275 The clinical history of the nodosity of the joints. 1837 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 405 It is very beautiful, this mild strength,..in contrast with his brother's nodosity. 1994 Mycotaxon 52 513 Conidial size, degree of septation, and relative nodosity of conidiophores all decreased. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1425
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