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单词 oryctography
释义

oryctographyn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: orycto- comb. form, -graphy comb. form.
Etymology: < orycto- comb. form + -graphy comb. form, probably after post-classical Latin oryctographia (J. J. Baier Oryctographia Norica (1708)). Compare French oryctographie (dated 1771 in Robert Dict. alphabétique et analogique (1986)).
Obsolete. rare.
The description of minerals; mineralogy.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > mineralogy > [noun]
mineralsa1500
mineralogy1671
oryctography1753
fossilogy1776
oryctognosy1801
oryctology1804
oryctics1888
rockhounding1949
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Oryctography, is that part of natural history wherein fossils are described.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 95 Ferber, in his oryctography of Derbyshire, mentions iron-stone.

Derivatives

oryctographic adj. [compare French oryctographique (1868 in Littré)] Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Oryctographic, of or belonging to oryctography.
oryctographical adj. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > mineralogy > [adjective]
mineralogical1653
oryctognostic1794
oryctognostical1805
mineralogic1811
oryctographical1857
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Oryctographicus,..oryctographical.
oryctographically adv. Obsolete rare
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1887 A. Heilprin Geogr. & Geol. Distribution Animals II. ii. 225 The New Jersey greensands are..oryctographically correlated with the Upper Cretaceous deposits of Northern Europe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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