palaeocrysticpaleocrysticadj.

Brit.

/ˌpalɪəʊˈkrɪstɪk/,

/ˌpeɪlɪəʊˈkrɪstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈkrɪstɪk/

Forms: 1800s– palaeocrystic, 1800s– paleocrystic (chiefly North American).

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, Greek κρύσταλλος , κρυσταίνειν , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + ancient Greek κρυστ- (in κρύσταλλος ice (see crystal n.) or its etymon κρυσταίνειν to freeze) + -ic suffix.Coined by Captain G. Nares during the Arctic expedition of 1875–6 (compare quot. 1878, from a work by a member of the expedition).

Designating or consisting of old polar ice.Originally: ice believed to have remained frozen from remote ages; (now) ice more than about ten years old.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > ice > [adjective] > composed of ancient ice

palaeocrystic1876

palaeocrystallic1893

1876 Nature 23 Nov. 81/1 The Palæocrystic ice..is not the result of direct freezing of layer on layer.

1878 A. H. Markham Great Frozen Sea xvi. 200 After some discussion, Captain Nares decided upon calling the frozen sea, on the southern border of which we were wintering, the ‘Palæo~crystic Sea’, the name being derived from the two Greek words παλαιός ancient, and κρύσταλλος ice.

1936 Geogr. Jrnl. 87 413 We crossed a huge palaeocrystic floe.

1986 B. Lopez Arctic Dreams vi. 211 A more formidable version of multiyear ice, paleocrystic ice, forms in the open polar sea and may be 50 feet thick.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palaeocrystic
释义	palaeocrysticpaleocrysticadj. Brit. /ˌpalɪəʊˈkrɪstɪk/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˈkrɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˈkrɪstɪk/ Forms: 1800s– palaeocrystic, 1800s– paleocrystic (chiefly North American). Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with English elements. Etymons: palaeo- comb. form, Greek κρύσταλλος , κρυσταίνειν , -ic suffix. Etymology: < palaeo- comb. form + ancient Greek κρυστ- (in κρύσταλλος ice (see crystal n.) or its etymon κρυσταίνειν to freeze) + -ic suffix.Coined by Captain G. Nares during the Arctic expedition of 1875–6 (compare quot. 1878, from a work by a member of the expedition). Designating or consisting of old polar ice.Originally: ice believed to have remained frozen from remote ages; (now) ice more than about ten years old. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > [adjective] > composed of ancient ice palaeocrystic1876 palaeocrystallic1893 1876 Nature 23 Nov. 81/1 The Palæocrystic ice..is not the result of direct freezing of layer on layer. 1878 A. H. Markham Great Frozen Sea xvi. 200 After some discussion, Captain Nares decided upon calling the frozen sea, on the southern border of which we were wintering, the ‘Palæo~crystic Sea’, the name being derived from the two Greek words παλαιός ancient, and κρύσταλλος ice. 1936 Geogr. Jrnl. 87 413 We crossed a huge palaeocrystic floe. 1986 B. Lopez Arctic Dreams vi. 211 A more formidable version of multiyear ice, paleocrystic ice, forms in the open polar sea and may be 50 feet thick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1876
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