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单词 -gnomy
释义

-gnomycomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: physiognomy n.
Etymology: < -gnomy (in physiognomy n.).A small number of formations are found from the 17th cent., e.g. phytognomy n., metallognomy n.
Forming nouns denoting techniques resembling physiognomy either in their use of external inspection of physical attributes or in their supposed power to provide otherwise hidden knowledge, as metallognomy n., phantasmognomy n., phytognomy n., etc.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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