orologyn.

Brit.

/ɒˈrɒlədʒi/,

/əˈrɒlədʒi/,

/ɔːˈrɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/ɔˈrɑlədʒi/

Forms: 1700s– orology, 1800s oreology.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oro- comb. form¹, -logy comb. form.

Etymology: < oro- comb. form¹ + -logy comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin orologia (late 17th cent. or earlier), French orologie (1836 or earlier).

The study or description of mountains; orography.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [noun] > physical geography > topology or topography > mountains

orology1780

orography1792

montology1977

1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain i. xxv. 230 We are not to wonder therefore, that orology, or the science of mountains, is so little understood.

1841 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 11 167 It is in this region [sc. the Appalachian mountains] that discoveries in oreology, geology, and even geography, are yearly made.

1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 65 The mountains of Colorado form, perhaps, the most striking feature in the orology of the United States.

1892 Daily News 26 Mar. 2/1 Originally Mr. Whymper intended to pursue his studies in Oreology..in the cloud-capped region of the Himalaya.

1946 Mod. Lang. Notes 61 555 (title) A note on Spenser's orology.

1996 Jrnl. Scholarly Publishing (Nexis) 27 100 He [sc. Philippe Buache] produced some of the first thematic maps of the hydrography of France, and maps on other themes such as mineralogy and orology.

Derivatives

oroˈlogical adj. (also †oreological) [compare French orologique (1868 in Littré)] now rare of or relating to orology.

ΚΠ

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Orological, pertaining to a description of mountains.

1840 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 10 p. lxxvi Of maps professedly orological, where are the heights shown in their true form and just proportions?

1992 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 52 501 The verses seem to presuppose the conjunction of a conception of poetry as expressive breath music with a more orological approach, imagined most directly in the sequence as Shide no yama, or the Mountains of Death.

oˈrologist n. (also †oreologist) rare a student of or expert in orology.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > geographer > [noun] > physical geographer > topologist > mountains

orologist1802

1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 114 If the Oreologist would trace back the progress of waste, till he come in sight of that original structure.

2002 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 2 Mar. (Mag.) 4 What does an orologist study?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orology
释义	orologyn. Brit. /ɒˈrɒlədʒi/, /əˈrɒlədʒi/, /ɔːˈrɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ɔˈrɑlədʒi/ Forms: 1700s– orology, 1800s oreology. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oro- comb. form¹, -logy comb. form. Etymology: < oro- comb. form¹ + -logy comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin orologia (late 17th cent. or earlier), French orologie (1836 or earlier). The study or description of mountains; orography. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [noun] > physical geography > topology or topography > mountains orology1780 orography1792 montology1977 1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain i. xxv. 230 We are not to wonder therefore, that orology, or the science of mountains, is so little understood. 1841 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 11 167 It is in this region [sc. the Appalachian mountains] that discoveries in oreology, geology, and even geography, are yearly made. 1872 Amer. Naturalist 6 65 The mountains of Colorado form, perhaps, the most striking feature in the orology of the United States. 1892 Daily News 26 Mar. 2/1 Originally Mr. Whymper intended to pursue his studies in Oreology..in the cloud-capped region of the Himalaya. 1946 Mod. Lang. Notes 61 555 (title) A note on Spenser's orology. 1996 Jrnl. Scholarly Publishing (Nexis) 27 100 He [sc. Philippe Buache] produced some of the first thematic maps of the hydrography of France, and maps on other themes such as mineralogy and orology. Derivatives oroˈlogical adj. (also †oreological) [compare French orologique (1868 in Littré)] now rare of or relating to orology. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Orological, pertaining to a description of mountains. 1840 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 10 p. lxxvi Of maps professedly orological, where are the heights shown in their true form and just proportions? 1992 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 52 501 The verses seem to presuppose the conjunction of a conception of poetry as expressive breath music with a more orological approach, imagined most directly in the sequence as Shide no yama, or the Mountains of Death. oˈrologist n. (also †oreologist) rare a student of or expert in orology. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > geographer > [noun] > physical geographer > topologist > mountains orologist1802 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 114 If the Oreologist would trace back the progress of waste, till he come in sight of that original structure. 2002 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 2 Mar. (Mag.) 4 What does an orologist study? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1780
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