pluri-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plūri-.

Etymology: < classical Latin plūri-, combining form (in e.g. plūriformis having a variety of forms, varied) of plūr- , plūs more (see plus prep., n., adv., and adj.), plural plūrēs several. Compare French pluri- (formations in which are found from at least the early 19th cent.), German pluri-, Italian pluri-.Earliest attested in the mid-17th cent. in the Latin loan plurifarious adj. Formations within English are found from the second half of the 18th cent. onwards (apparently earliest in pluriliteral adj. and n. and pluripresence n.), and become common from the mid-19th cent.

Forming chiefly adjectives with the sense ‘several, more than one’. Frequently indicating the presence or involvement of more than one of the thing denoted by the second element.

† pluricapsular adj. Zoology Obsolete rare having several capsules, as certain colonial radiolarians.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Pluricapsular, having several capsules; specifically, polycyttarian, as a radiolarian.

1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pluricapsular, having, or made up of, several capsules.

pluricellular adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈsɛljᵿlə/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈsɛljᵿlə/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈsɛljələr/

Botany and Zoology composed of several cells.

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1871 Harper's Mag. Oct. 788/1 Pelobius represents a pluricellular organism, and is not to be referred to the so-called monera, like Bathybius haeckelii.

1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 61 Among the branched forms,..those described under the unicellular hairs recur as pluricellular.

2003 Biochem. Jrnl. 376 71 Self-preservation is a typical property of living organisms, observed in the simplest prokaryotic cell as well as in the more complex pluricellular organisms.

pluricuspid adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈkʌspɪd/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈkʌspɪd/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈkəspəd/

Zoology of a tooth (esp. a radular tooth) having several cusps.

ΚΠ

1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 194 A jaw-like bar with pluricuspid teeth.

1962 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 31 457 For determination of species we relied ultimately on the shape of the pluricuspid radula teeth.

pluridentate adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈdɛnteɪt/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈdɛnteɪt/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈdɛnˌteɪt/

Zoology and Botany having many toothlike processes or appendages.

ΚΠ

1873 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 13 286 Prosternal lobe with marginal line distinct. Anterior tibiæ pluridentate.

1922 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 9 20 Plants clustered..terminal branches somewhat enlarged and pluridentate.

1959 Amer. Midland Naturalist 62 271 The pluridentate, broadly ovate to suborbicular leaves eliminate confusion with all but two of our species.

pluridimensional adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻdʌɪˈmɛnʃən(ə)l/

/ˌplɔːrᵻdʌɪˈmɛnʃən(ə)l/

/ˌplʊərᵻdᵻˈmɛnʃən(ə)l/

/ˌplɔːrᵻdᵻˈmɛnʃən(ə)l/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrədəˈmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəl/

having several dimensions; multidimensional.

ΚΠ

1934 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 46 621 The problem of the present experiment was to determine whether unidimensional consciousness is really more immediate than pluridimensional consciousness.

1998 P. McGuiness in M. Freeman et al. Process of Art 85 Mallarmé's writings about theatre..offer altogether more sophisticated and pluridimensional insights into issues of reading and performance.

pluri-disciplinary adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻdɪsᵻˈplɪn(ə)ri/

/ˌplɔːrᵻdɪsᵻˈplɪn(ə)ri/

/ˌplʊərᵻˈdɪsᵻplᵻn(ə)ri/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈdɪsᵻplᵻn(ə)ri/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈdɪsəpləˌnɛri/

[compare French pluridisciplinaire (1967)] consisting of or embracing several disciplines or branches of learning, multidisciplinary.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > [adjective] > general

liberal1509

encyclical1616

encyclic1867

multidisciplined1942

multidisciplinary1944

pluri-disciplinary1970

transdisciplinary1979

1970 Guardian Weekly 14 May 12/1 The substitution of medium-sized pluri-disciplinary universities for the existing monstrous faculties.

1991 New Scientist 30 Nov. 13/3 He equated scientific specialism with the factory production line and demanded a ‘pluri-disciplinary’ approach to the problems of the modern world.

† plurifoetation n. Medicine Obsolete rare the conception of more than one fetus at the same time.

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1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Plurifetation.

† pluriflagellate adj. Zoology Obsolete rare having many flagella.

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1890 Cent. Dict. Pluriflagellate, having several flagella, as an infusorian; polymastigate.

plurifoliate adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈfəʊlɪət/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈfəʊlɪət/

/ˌplʊərᵻˈfəʊlɪeɪt/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈfəʊlɪeɪt/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈfoʊliət/

/ˌplʊrəˈfoʊliˌeɪt/

Botany having many leaves.

ΚΠ

1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Plurifoliate, having many leaves.

1986 Brittonia 38 296 Shrubs 0.5-1.5 m tall... Sympodial units plurifoliate.

1992 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 79 35/1 Both are similar in many respects..plurifoliate inflorescences.

plurifoliolate adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈfəʊlɪələt/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈfəʊlɪələt/

/ˌplʊərᵻˈfəʊlɪəleɪt/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈfəʊlɪəleɪt/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈfoʊliələt/

/ˌplʊrəˈfoʊliəˌleɪt/

Botany (of a leaf) having many leaflets; multifoliolate.

ΚΠ

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Plurifoliolate.

1991 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 78 177/2 A tree 18 m with trunk 1.5 dm DBH..plurifoliolate leaves.

1992 Brittonia 44 230/2 The distichous plurifoliolate leaves olivaceous subconcolorous.

pluriform adj.

Brit.

/ˈplʊərᵻfɔːm/

/ˈplɔːrᵻfɔːm/

U.S.

/ˈplʊrəˌfɔrm/

[after French pluriforme (1936 in the passage translated in quot. 1938; compare classical Latin plūriformis] existing in many different forms; multiform.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [adjective] > having many or all forms

variformed1578

milliformc1581

Protean1594

multiform1603

shapeful?1615

omniform1642

polymorphean1656

diversiform1660

variform1662

multiformousa1670

proteiform1724

various1725

versiform1727

polymorphous1798

maniform?1811

polymorphic1816

pantomorphic1836

omniformal1848

polymorph1872

pluriform1938

1938 M. R. Adamson tr. J. Maritain True Humanism 161 It is towards the perfection of the natural law and of christian rectitude that the pluriform juridical structure [Fr. la structure juridique pluriforme] of the city would be orientated.

1973 Times 28 May 9/6 The remarks regarding churchmanship can only be described as naive; most Anglicans know their Church to be pluriform.

2004 Atlanta Inquirer (Nexis) 14 Feb. 6 Classics are pluriform. They may be works of art, historical events, exemplary persons or texts.

pluriformity n.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈfɔːmᵻti/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈfɔːmᵻti/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈfɔrmədi/

diversity or variety of forms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [noun] > condition of having many or all shapes

multiformity1589

omniformity1644

variformity1702

multiformness1727

omniformness1727

polymorphism1839

polymorphy1846

multiforma1849

pluriformity1947

1947 Theology 50 419 The pluriformity of the churches is undoubtedly a sin of Christendom.

2000 P. R. Baehr in D. P. Forsythe Human Rights & Compar. Foreign Policy iii. 59 The Labour Party..sees foreign policy as the promotion of not just national economic interests, but also pluriformity, tolerance, democracy, and openness.

pluriguttulate adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈɡʌtjᵿlət/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈɡʌtjᵿlət/

/ˌplʊərᵻˈɡʌtjᵿleɪt/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈɡʌtjᵿleɪt/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈɡətʃələt/

/ˌplʊrəˈɡətʃəˌleɪt/

Botany now rare (of a spore) containing many guttules or oil-like globules.

ΚΠ

1891 Bot. Gaz. 16 284 The ascospores are linear, hyaline, pluriguttulate and pluriseptate.

1895 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pluriguttulate, containing many drops or drop-like bodies.

1921 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 8 386 Spores yellow in spore collection, simple at first, then pluriguttulate.

plurilingual adj. and n.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/

(a) adj. relating to, involving, or fluent in a number of languages; multilingual; (b) n. a person who speaks a number of languages.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [adjective] > multilingual

polyglot1650

many-languaged1655

pantoglossical1716

polyglottic1801

polyglottal1837

multilingual1838

polylingual1857

polyglottous1861

polyglotted1868

omnilingual1893

tongue-speaking1902

plurilingual1930

the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [noun] > trilingualism or multilingualism > one who speaks many languages

polyglot1650

polyglottist1663

polylinguist1749

pantoglot1895

polyglotter1912

multilinguist1923

plurilingual1930

multilingual1956

1930 N.Y. Times 19 Oct. e7/2 Under the Association for Plurilingual Education, children almost from the cradle to college attend six hours of classes and games daily in four languages.

1936 W. E. Rappard Govt. Switzerland i. 8 Pluri-lingual Grisons and French speaking Valais, Neuchâtel and Geneva..were admitted as full cantons into the Confederation.

1956 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxvi. 9 Strictly speaking, a bilingual..is one who knows two languages, but will here (as commonly) be used to include also the one who knows more than two, variously known, as a plurilingual, a multilingual, or a polyglot.

1994 Lang. in Society 33 273 J. R. Reimen's analysis of the plurilingual situation in Luxembourg.

plurilingualism n.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈlɪŋɡwəlɪz(ə)m/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɪŋɡwəlɪz(ə)m/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈlɪŋɡwəˌlɪz(ə)m/

fluency in a number of languages.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [noun] > trilingualism or multilingualism

polyglottology1658

polyglottery1834

pantoglottism1848

polyglottism1852

polyglossy1910

multilingualism1916

plurilingualism1934

trilingualism1934

polylingualism1939

polyglossia1975

1934 Times 16 Nov. 1116/2 Plurilingualism carried a risk of psychological disturbances and impaired the faculty for verbal expression.

1997 J.-M. Charpentier et al. in A. Tabouret-Keller et al. Vernacular Literacy 231 This plurilingualism is being rapidly displaced by the shared use of pidgins.

pluriliteral adj. and n.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈlɪt(ə)rəl/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɪt(ə)rəl/

/ˌplʊərᵻˈlɪt(ə)rl̩/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɪt(ə)rl̩/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈlɪdərəl/

/ˌplʊrəˈlɪtrəl/

Semitic Grammar (a) adj. containing more than three letters in the root (now rare); cf. biliteral adj., triliteral adj. (b) n. a root consisting of more than three letters.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > root > with specific number of letters

pluriliteral1762

biliteral1791

stem1874

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [adjective] > relating to roots > specific

pluriliteral1762

set1897

1762 J. Parkhurst Hebrew & Eng. Lexicon Pref. p. v The Supplement, in which..both the simple and the pluriliteral words are placed together alphabetically.

1831 S. Lee Gram. Hebrew Lang. (1832) 221 On these pluriliteral verbs [etc.].

1839 C. W. H. Pauli Analecta Hebraica xxviii. 209 It does not belong to the province of this book to trace the Pluri-literals..to their original roots.

1948 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 68 135 (subtitle) Pluriliterals.

plurilocular adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈlɒkjᵿlə/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɒkjᵿlə/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈlɑkjələr/

[after French pluriloculaire (1803)] Biology containing many cavities or cells.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > depression or cavity > composed of or containing

cellulate?a1425

follicular1677

vesiculara1682

cellulated1693

vesiculous1698

folliculate1699

biventrous1702

trilocular1753

unilocular1753

folliculous1757

folliculated1771

bilocular1783

loculated1794

scrobiculate1804

locular?1806

vesiculose1817

plurilocular1819

uniloculate1830

sacculated1835

vesiculigerous1846

vesiculiferous1859

scrobiculated1860

sacculate1870

biloculate1874

bilocellate1880

scrobiculous1889

folliculose1900

physaliphorous1923

physaliferous1954

1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 83 Having the appearance of being plurilocular [Fr. pluriloculaire], but proceeding from an unilocular ovarium.

1961 R. W. Butcher New Illustr. Brit. Flora I. 19 Sometimes several carpels..are united along the flat sides, so forming a plurilocular ovary of 2—many cells.

1987 R. L. Fletcher Seaweeds Brit. Isles III. i. 32 (caption) Paraphyses variously associated with both plurilocular (9) and unilocular sporangia.

† plurimammate adj. Zoology Obsolete rare having more than two nipples.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1896 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Plurimammate.

plurimodal adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈməʊdl/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈməʊdl/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈmoʊd(ə)l/

relating to or involving more than one mode (in various senses); esp. (Statistics) = multimodal adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [adjective] > having two or many modes of existence

amphibian1637

amphibolous1644

plurimodal1935

1935 Q. Rev. Biol. 10 462/1 The anthropological data are mostly presented in the form of frequency curves, the majority of which are plurimodal.

1949 R. Wellek & E. A. Warren Theory of Lit. iii. 25 The alternative to these seems some bi-modal or pluri~modal truth.

1951 G. S. Carter Animal Evol. i. 26 If for the specimens collected at one horizon we plot a variability curve..,the curve..should have an apex for each of the mixed populations (pluri-modal) if the population consists of distinct but mixed elements.

1996 R. D. Kent et al. in N. J. Lass Princ. Exper. Phonetics i. 35 The feedback is probably plurimodal, involving taction, movement, position, aerodynamic, and other signals.

plurinominal adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈnɒmᵻnl/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈnɒmᵻnl/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈnɑmən(ə)l/

/ˌplʊrəˈnɑmn(ə)l/

(a) Politics relating to or designating a form of proportional representation in which votes are cast and counted for a list of named candidates collectively, rather than for individuals; †(b) Taxonomy having or using scientific names consisting of more than two words (rare).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > having many names

multinominousa1631

parti named1634

multinominal1656

polyonymous1678

polynomial1704

heteronymous1734

polynome1830

plurinominal1881

poecilonymic1889

polyonymic1889

polynomic1898

1881 Times 12 Mar. 11/2 M. Gambetta..is thought to be anxious to return to the plurinominal system of voting..while M. Grévy..adheres to the uninominal system.

1884 Auk 1 320 Perceiving sundry objections to binomial, etc., some have sought to obviate them by using binominal, uninominal, plurinominal, etc.

1975 Times 20 Mar. 5/4 Deputies will be elected [to the Portuguese Assembly] on the basis of plurinominal party lists except in constituencies of less than 37,000 electors.

2003 El Paso (Texas) Times (Nexis) 5 July (Borderland section) 1 b Registered voters will..select a party for the congress's 200 ‘plurinominal’ seats, which are filled, proportionally, by the political parties.

plurinucleate adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈnjuːlɪət/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈnjuːlɪət/

/ˌplʊərᵻˈnjuːlɪeɪt/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈnjuːlɪeɪt/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈn(j)ukliət/

/ˌplʊrəˈn(j)ukliˌeɪt/

Biology (of a cell) having more than one nucleus; multinucleate.

ΚΠ

1885 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 12 34 Spores subcylindrical..sometimes plurinucleate.

1900 Ann. Bot. 14 672 A long curled cylindrical plurinucleate single cell.

1993 European Jrnl. Phycol. 28 69/1 The cells are uni- or plurinucleate and have a single reticulate chloroplast the number of pyrenoids in which, depends on the age and size of the cell.

plurinucleated adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈnjuːlɪeɪtᵻd/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈnjuːlɪeɪtᵻd/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈn(j)ukliˌeɪdᵻd/

Biology = plurinucleate adj.

ΚΠ

1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi 498 Plasmodium, in Mycetozoa: body of naked plurinucleated protoplasm exhibiting amoeboid motion.

1914 Bot. Gaz. 58 5 A number of instances of plurinucleated cells that have been figured by various authors are tabulated.

1994 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 7294/1 Primary s.c. [= spindle cell] tumors..showing large, blood-filled sacs lined by mono- or plurinucleated cells.

pluripartite adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈpɑːtʌɪt/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈpɑːtʌɪt/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈpɑrˌtaɪt/

[after French pluriparti (1815 in Mirbel) and scientific Latin pluripartitus (1815 in Mirbel)] Botany Obsolete rare (of a calyx, etc.) having many deep divisions.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 984/1 Pluripartitus, applied by Mirbel to a calyx when it presents many incisions extended almost to its base..pluripartite.

pluriseptate adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈsɛpteɪt/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈsɛpteɪt/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈsɛpˌteɪt/

Botany having several septa or partitions.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Pluriseptate,..having several septa, partitions, or dissepiments.

1929 New Phytologist 28 28/1 Spores pluriseptate, elongate-acicular, colourless.

1975 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 62 1073 A fungus developed which attacks nematodes..from a subglobose adhesive cell produced terminally on its elongate-ellipsoid pluriseptate hyaline conidia.

pluriseriate adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈsɪərɪət/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈsɪərɪət/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈsɪriət/

[compare French plurisérié (1869 in Littré); compare earlier pluriserial adj.] Botany and Zoology consisting of or arranged in several series.

ΚΠ

1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 521 In general so arranged that the sieve-tubes form single, biseriate, or pluriseriate [Ger. mehrfache], tangential rows.

1942 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 29 646/2 Less than half a dozen filaments have been found with both uni- and pluriseriate organs.

1997 Systematic Biol. 46 424/2 Pappus of pluriseriate bristles.

plurisetose adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻˈsiːtəʊs/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈsiːtəʊs/

/ˈplʊərᵻsᵻtəʊs/

/ˈplɔːrᵻsᵻtəʊs/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈsiˌtoʊs/

Botany and Zoology consisting of or having many setae.

ΚΠ

1881 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 9 107 Labial palpi long, the second joint elongate, plurisetose in front.

1927 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 14 4 The plurisetose pappus consists of a single row of rather coarse, slightly flattened bristles.

1980 Brittonia 32 146 Disk pappus of 12 or more plurisetose bristles.

† plurispiral adj. Zoology Obsolete rare having several spiral coils or convolutions; multispiral.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Plurispiral, having several or many spiral turns; multispiral: specifically said of the opercula of some shells.

plurisporous adj.

Brit.

/plʊəˈrɪsp(ə)rəs/

/plᵿˈrɪsp(ə)rəs/

/plɔːˈrɪsp(ə)rəs/

/ˌplʊərᵻˈspɔːrəs/

/ˌplɔːrᵻˈspɔːrəs/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈspɔrəs/

Biology having many spores.

ΚΠ

1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi iii. 63 The simultaneously plurisporous [Ger. mehrsporigen] basidia of the Basidiomycetes are usually more or less broadly club-shaped before the formation of spores.

1989 New Phytologist 113 260/1 In the case of Basidiomycetes, these mycelia were mostly wild dikaryons isolated from mycorrhizas, sporocarp fragments or plurisporous germination.

plurisyllabic adj.

Brit.

/ˌplʊərᵻsᵻˈlabɪk/

/ˌplɔːrᵻsᵻˈlabɪk/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəsəˈlæbɪk/

[after Italian plurisillabico (1917 in the passage translated in quot. 1921); compare post-classical Latin plurisyllabus having several syllables (a1536)] (of a word) consisting of two or more syllables, polysyllabic; (of a language) containing such words.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > consisting of > consisting of specific number > containing two or more syllables

polysyllable1589

sesquipedal1611

polysyllabical1656

sesquipedalian1656

polysyllabic1817

hyperdisyllable1843

multisyllabic1909

plurisyllabic1921

multisyllable1950

1921 D. Ainslie tr. B. Croce Theory & Hist. Historiography ix. 131 The passage from..the syllable to the aggregate of syllables (plurisyllabic languages [It. lingue plurisillabiche]).., and so on.

1995 B. L. M. Bauer Emergence & Devel. SVO Patterning Lat. & French v. 133 Plurisyllabic postposed adpositions..are attested only in early times and in poetic texts.

plurisyllable n.

Brit.

/ˈplʊərᵻˌsɪləbl/

/ˈplɔːrᵻˌsɪləbl/

U.S.

/ˌplʊrəˈsɪləb(ə)l/

/ˈplʊrəˌsɪləb(ə)l/

a word of two or more syllables.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > syllabic sound > syllable > word having specific number > word having two or more syllables

polysyllable1570

polysyllabe1584

multisyllable1659

hyperdisyllable1678

sesquipedalian1830

plurisyllable1924

1924 J. S. Kenyon Amer. Pronunc. 30 A Plurisyllable is a word of more than one syllable.

1991 E. Dechant Understanding & Teaching Reading ix. 311 In plurisyllables such as linger, finger, and stronger, but not in singer, the ng represents /ng-g/.

† plurivalve adj. Zoology Obsolete having several valves.

ΚΠ

1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. II. Zool. 170 Abdomen with an elongate plurivalve oviduct.

1853 Harper's Mag. July 220/2 Naturalists have divided shells into five orders—univalve, bivalve, plurivalve, multivalve, and sub-bivalve.

plurivorous adj.

Brit.

/plʊəˈrɪv(ə)rəs/

/plᵿˈrɪv(ə)rəs/

/plɔːˈrɪv(ə)rəs/

U.S.

/plʊˈrɪv(ə)rəs/

Biology (esp. of a fungus) feeding on substrates or hosts of several different kinds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [adjective] > parasitic

foliicolous1874

plurivorous1899

hemiparasitic1902

1899 Nat. Sci. Dec. 389 Professor Dietal..considers the question of their descent from one or more plurivorous forms—forms, that is, which inhabited indifferently hosts belonging to the most different families of flowering plants.

1973 R. G. Krueger et al. Introd. Microbiol. xxx. 742/1 Many types of fungi are presently described simply as ‘plurivorous’.

2000 Jrnl. Biogeogr. (Nexis) 27 297 Similarly, plurivorous, but temperate or widespread fungi were associated with Trachycarpus fortunei.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pluri-
释义	pluri-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plūri-. Etymology: < classical Latin plūri-, combining form (in e.g. plūriformis having a variety of forms, varied) of plūr- , plūs more (see plus prep., n., adv., and adj.), plural plūrēs several. Compare French pluri- (formations in which are found from at least the early 19th cent.), German pluri-, Italian pluri-.Earliest attested in the mid-17th cent. in the Latin loan plurifarious adj. Formations within English are found from the second half of the 18th cent. onwards (apparently earliest in pluriliteral adj. and n. and pluripresence n.), and become common from the mid-19th cent. Forming chiefly adjectives with the sense ‘several, more than one’. Frequently indicating the presence or involvement of more than one of the thing denoted by the second element. † pluricapsular adj. Zoology Obsolete rare having several capsules, as certain colonial radiolarians. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Pluricapsular, having several capsules; specifically, polycyttarian, as a radiolarian. 1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pluricapsular, having, or made up of, several capsules. pluricellular adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈsɛljᵿlə/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈsɛljᵿlə/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈsɛljələr/ Botany and Zoology composed of several cells. ΚΠ 1871 Harper's Mag. Oct. 788/1 Pelobius represents a pluricellular organism, and is not to be referred to the so-called monera, like Bathybius haeckelii. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 61 Among the branched forms,..those described under the unicellular hairs recur as pluricellular. 2003 Biochem. Jrnl. 376 71 Self-preservation is a typical property of living organisms, observed in the simplest prokaryotic cell as well as in the more complex pluricellular organisms. pluricuspid adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈkʌspɪd/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈkʌspɪd/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈkəspəd/ Zoology of a tooth (esp. a radular tooth) having several cusps. ΚΠ 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 194 A jaw-like bar with pluricuspid teeth. 1962 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 31 457 For determination of species we relied ultimately on the shape of the pluricuspid radula teeth. pluridentate adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈdɛnteɪt/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈdɛnteɪt/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈdɛnˌteɪt/ Zoology and Botany having many toothlike processes or appendages. ΚΠ 1873 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 13 286 Prosternal lobe with marginal line distinct. Anterior tibiæ pluridentate. 1922 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 9 20 Plants clustered..terminal branches somewhat enlarged and pluridentate. 1959 Amer. Midland Naturalist 62 271 The pluridentate, broadly ovate to suborbicular leaves eliminate confusion with all but two of our species. pluridimensional adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻdʌɪˈmɛnʃən(ə)l/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻdʌɪˈmɛnʃən(ə)l/ , /ˌplʊərᵻdᵻˈmɛnʃən(ə)l/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻdᵻˈmɛnʃən(ə)l/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrədəˈmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəl/ having several dimensions; multidimensional. ΚΠ 1934 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 46 621 The problem of the present experiment was to determine whether unidimensional consciousness is really more immediate than pluridimensional consciousness. 1998 P. McGuiness in M. Freeman et al. Process of Art 85 Mallarmé's writings about theatre..offer altogether more sophisticated and pluridimensional insights into issues of reading and performance. pluri-disciplinary adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻdɪsᵻˈplɪn(ə)ri/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻdɪsᵻˈplɪn(ə)ri/ , /ˌplʊərᵻˈdɪsᵻplᵻn(ə)ri/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈdɪsᵻplᵻn(ə)ri/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈdɪsəpləˌnɛri/ [compare French pluridisciplinaire (1967)] consisting of or embracing several disciplines or branches of learning, multidisciplinary. ΘΚΠ society > education > [adjective] > general liberal1509 encyclical1616 encyclic1867 multidisciplined1942 multidisciplinary1944 pluri-disciplinary1970 transdisciplinary1979 1970 Guardian Weekly 14 May 12/1 The substitution of medium-sized pluri-disciplinary universities for the existing monstrous faculties. 1991 New Scientist 30 Nov. 13/3 He equated scientific specialism with the factory production line and demanded a ‘pluri-disciplinary’ approach to the problems of the modern world. † plurifoetation n. Medicine Obsolete rare the conception of more than one fetus at the same time. ΚΠ 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Plurifetation. † pluriflagellate adj. Zoology Obsolete rare having many flagella. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Pluriflagellate, having several flagella, as an infusorian; polymastigate. plurifoliate adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈfəʊlɪət/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈfəʊlɪət/ , /ˌplʊərᵻˈfəʊlɪeɪt/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈfəʊlɪeɪt/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈfoʊliət/ , /ˌplʊrəˈfoʊliˌeɪt/ Botany having many leaves. ΚΠ 1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Plurifoliate, having many leaves. 1986 Brittonia 38 296 Shrubs 0.5-1.5 m tall... Sympodial units plurifoliate. 1992 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 79 35/1 Both are similar in many respects..plurifoliate inflorescences. plurifoliolate adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈfəʊlɪələt/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈfəʊlɪələt/ , /ˌplʊərᵻˈfəʊlɪəleɪt/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈfəʊlɪəleɪt/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈfoʊliələt/ , /ˌplʊrəˈfoʊliəˌleɪt/ Botany (of a leaf) having many leaflets; multifoliolate. ΚΠ 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Plurifoliolate. 1991 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 78 177/2 A tree 18 m with trunk 1.5 dm DBH..plurifoliolate leaves. 1992 Brittonia 44 230/2 The distichous plurifoliolate leaves olivaceous subconcolorous. pluriform adj. Brit. /ˈplʊərᵻfɔːm/ , /ˈplɔːrᵻfɔːm/ , U.S. /ˈplʊrəˌfɔrm/ [after French pluriforme (1936 in the passage translated in quot. 1938; compare classical Latin plūriformis] existing in many different forms; multiform. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [adjective] > having many or all forms variformed1578 milliformc1581 Protean1594 multiform1603 shapeful?1615 omniform1642 polymorphean1656 diversiform1660 variform1662 multiformousa1670 proteiform1724 various1725 versiform1727 polymorphous1798 maniform?1811 polymorphic1816 pantomorphic1836 omniformal1848 polymorph1872 pluriform1938 1938 M. R. Adamson tr. J. Maritain True Humanism 161 It is towards the perfection of the natural law and of christian rectitude that the pluriform juridical structure [Fr. la structure juridique pluriforme] of the city would be orientated. 1973 Times 28 May 9/6 The remarks regarding churchmanship can only be described as naive; most Anglicans know their Church to be pluriform. 2004 Atlanta Inquirer (Nexis) 14 Feb. 6 Classics are pluriform. They may be works of art, historical events, exemplary persons or texts. pluriformity n. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈfɔːmᵻti/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈfɔːmᵻti/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈfɔrmədi/ diversity or variety of forms. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] > condition of having many or all shapes multiformity1589 omniformity1644 variformity1702 multiformness1727 omniformness1727 polymorphism1839 polymorphy1846 multiforma1849 pluriformity1947 1947 Theology 50 419 The pluriformity of the churches is undoubtedly a sin of Christendom. 2000 P. R. Baehr in D. P. Forsythe Human Rights & Compar. Foreign Policy iii. 59 The Labour Party..sees foreign policy as the promotion of not just national economic interests, but also pluriformity, tolerance, democracy, and openness. pluriguttulate adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈɡʌtjᵿlət/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈɡʌtjᵿlət/ , /ˌplʊərᵻˈɡʌtjᵿleɪt/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈɡʌtjᵿleɪt/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈɡətʃələt/ , /ˌplʊrəˈɡətʃəˌleɪt/ Botany now rare (of a spore) containing many guttules or oil-like globules. ΚΠ 1891 Bot. Gaz. 16 284 The ascospores are linear, hyaline, pluriguttulate and pluriseptate. 1895 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pluriguttulate, containing many drops or drop-like bodies. 1921 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 8 386 Spores yellow in spore collection, simple at first, then pluriguttulate. plurilingual adj. and n. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈlɪŋɡw(ə)l/ (a) adj. relating to, involving, or fluent in a number of languages; multilingual; (b) n. a person who speaks a number of languages. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [adjective] > multilingual polyglot1650 many-languaged1655 pantoglossical1716 polyglottic1801 polyglottal1837 multilingual1838 polylingual1857 polyglottous1861 polyglotted1868 omnilingual1893 tongue-speaking1902 plurilingual1930 the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [noun] > trilingualism or multilingualism > one who speaks many languages polyglot1650 polyglottist1663 polylinguist1749 pantoglot1895 polyglotter1912 multilinguist1923 plurilingual1930 multilingual1956 1930 N.Y. Times 19 Oct. e7/2 Under the Association for Plurilingual Education, children almost from the cradle to college attend six hours of classes and games daily in four languages. 1936 W. E. Rappard Govt. Switzerland i. 8 Pluri-lingual Grisons and French speaking Valais, Neuchâtel and Geneva..were admitted as full cantons into the Confederation. 1956 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxvi. 9 Strictly speaking, a bilingual..is one who knows two languages, but will here (as commonly) be used to include also the one who knows more than two, variously known, as a plurilingual, a multilingual, or a polyglot. 1994 Lang. in Society 33 273 J. R. Reimen's analysis of the plurilingual situation in Luxembourg. plurilingualism n. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈlɪŋɡwəlɪz(ə)m/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɪŋɡwəlɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈlɪŋɡwəˌlɪz(ə)m/ fluency in a number of languages. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > [noun] > trilingualism or multilingualism polyglottology1658 polyglottery1834 pantoglottism1848 polyglottism1852 polyglossy1910 multilingualism1916 plurilingualism1934 trilingualism1934 polylingualism1939 polyglossia1975 1934 Times 16 Nov. 1116/2 Plurilingualism carried a risk of psychological disturbances and impaired the faculty for verbal expression. 1997 J.-M. Charpentier et al. in A. Tabouret-Keller et al. Vernacular Literacy 231 This plurilingualism is being rapidly displaced by the shared use of pidgins. pluriliteral adj. and n. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈlɪt(ə)rəl/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɪt(ə)rəl/ , /ˌplʊərᵻˈlɪt(ə)rl̩/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɪt(ə)rl̩/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈlɪdərəl/ , /ˌplʊrəˈlɪtrəl/ Semitic Grammar (a) adj. containing more than three letters in the root (now rare); cf. biliteral adj., triliteral adj. (b) n. a root consisting of more than three letters. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > root > with specific number of letters pluriliteral1762 biliteral1791 stem1874 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [adjective] > relating to roots > specific pluriliteral1762 set1897 1762 J. Parkhurst Hebrew & Eng. Lexicon Pref. p. v The Supplement, in which..both the simple and the pluriliteral words are placed together alphabetically. 1831 S. Lee Gram. Hebrew Lang. (1832) 221 On these pluriliteral verbs [etc.]. 1839 C. W. H. Pauli Analecta Hebraica xxviii. 209 It does not belong to the province of this book to trace the Pluri-literals..to their original roots. 1948 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 68 135 (subtitle) Pluriliterals. plurilocular adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈlɒkjᵿlə/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈlɒkjᵿlə/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈlɑkjələr/ [after French pluriloculaire (1803)] Biology containing many cavities or cells. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [adjective] > depression or cavity > composed of or containing cellulate?a1425 follicular1677 vesiculara1682 cellulated1693 vesiculous1698 folliculate1699 biventrous1702 trilocular1753 unilocular1753 folliculous1757 folliculated1771 bilocular1783 loculated1794 scrobiculate1804 locular?1806 vesiculose1817 plurilocular1819 uniloculate1830 sacculated1835 vesiculigerous1846 vesiculiferous1859 scrobiculated1860 sacculate1870 biloculate1874 bilocellate1880 scrobiculous1889 folliculose1900 physaliphorous1923 physaliferous1954 1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 83 Having the appearance of being plurilocular [Fr. pluriloculaire], but proceeding from an unilocular ovarium. 1961 R. W. Butcher New Illustr. Brit. Flora I. 19 Sometimes several carpels..are united along the flat sides, so forming a plurilocular ovary of 2—many cells. 1987 R. L. Fletcher Seaweeds Brit. Isles III. i. 32 (caption) Paraphyses variously associated with both plurilocular (9) and unilocular sporangia. † plurimammate adj. Zoology Obsolete rare having more than two nipples.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1896 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Plurimammate. plurimodal adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈməʊdl/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈməʊdl/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈmoʊd(ə)l/ relating to or involving more than one mode (in various senses); esp. (Statistics) = multimodal adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [adjective] > having two or many modes of existence amphibian1637 amphibolous1644 plurimodal1935 1935 Q. Rev. Biol. 10 462/1 The anthropological data are mostly presented in the form of frequency curves, the majority of which are plurimodal. 1949 R. Wellek & E. A. Warren Theory of Lit. iii. 25 The alternative to these seems some bi-modal or pluri~modal truth. 1951 G. S. Carter Animal Evol. i. 26 If for the specimens collected at one horizon we plot a variability curve..,the curve..should have an apex for each of the mixed populations (pluri-modal) if the population consists of distinct but mixed elements. 1996 R. D. Kent et al. in N. J. Lass Princ. Exper. Phonetics i. 35 The feedback is probably plurimodal, involving taction, movement, position, aerodynamic, and other signals. plurinominal adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈnɒmᵻnl/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈnɒmᵻnl/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈnɑmən(ə)l/ , /ˌplʊrəˈnɑmn(ə)l/ (a) Politics relating to or designating a form of proportional representation in which votes are cast and counted for a list of named candidates collectively, rather than for individuals; †(b) Taxonomy having or using scientific names consisting of more than two words (rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > having many names multinominousa1631 parti named1634 multinominal1656 polyonymous1678 polynomial1704 heteronymous1734 polynome1830 plurinominal1881 poecilonymic1889 polyonymic1889 polynomic1898 1881 Times 12 Mar. 11/2 M. Gambetta..is thought to be anxious to return to the plurinominal system of voting..while M. Grévy..adheres to the uninominal system. 1884 Auk 1 320 Perceiving sundry objections to binomial, etc., some have sought to obviate them by using binominal, uninominal, plurinominal, etc. 1975 Times 20 Mar. 5/4 Deputies will be elected [to the Portuguese Assembly] on the basis of plurinominal party lists except in constituencies of less than 37,000 electors. 2003 El Paso (Texas) Times (Nexis) 5 July (Borderland section) 1 b Registered voters will..select a party for the congress's 200 ‘plurinominal’ seats, which are filled, proportionally, by the political parties. plurinucleate adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈnjuːlɪət/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈnjuːlɪət/ , /ˌplʊərᵻˈnjuːlɪeɪt/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈnjuːlɪeɪt/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈn(j)ukliət/ , /ˌplʊrəˈn(j)ukliˌeɪt/ Biology (of a cell) having more than one nucleus; multinucleate. ΚΠ 1885 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 12 34 Spores subcylindrical..sometimes plurinucleate. 1900 Ann. Bot. 14 672 A long curled cylindrical plurinucleate single cell. 1993 European Jrnl. Phycol. 28 69/1 The cells are uni- or plurinucleate and have a single reticulate chloroplast the number of pyrenoids in which, depends on the age and size of the cell. plurinucleated adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈnjuːlɪeɪtᵻd/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈnjuːlɪeɪtᵻd/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈn(j)ukliˌeɪdᵻd/ Biology = plurinucleate adj. ΚΠ 1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi 498 Plasmodium, in Mycetozoa: body of naked plurinucleated protoplasm exhibiting amoeboid motion. 1914 Bot. Gaz. 58 5 A number of instances of plurinucleated cells that have been figured by various authors are tabulated. 1994 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 7294/1 Primary s.c. [= spindle cell] tumors..showing large, blood-filled sacs lined by mono- or plurinucleated cells. pluripartite adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈpɑːtʌɪt/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈpɑːtʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈpɑrˌtaɪt/ [after French pluriparti (1815 in Mirbel) and scientific Latin pluripartitus (1815 in Mirbel)] Botany Obsolete rare (of a calyx, etc.) having many deep divisions.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 984/1 Pluripartitus, applied by Mirbel to a calyx when it presents many incisions extended almost to its base..pluripartite. pluriseptate adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈsɛpteɪt/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈsɛpteɪt/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈsɛpˌteɪt/ Botany having several septa or partitions. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Pluriseptate,..having several septa, partitions, or dissepiments. 1929 New Phytologist 28 28/1 Spores pluriseptate, elongate-acicular, colourless. 1975 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 62 1073 A fungus developed which attacks nematodes..from a subglobose adhesive cell produced terminally on its elongate-ellipsoid pluriseptate hyaline conidia. pluriseriate adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈsɪərɪət/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈsɪərɪət/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈsɪriət/ [compare French plurisérié (1869 in Littré); compare earlier pluriserial adj.] Botany and Zoology consisting of or arranged in several series. ΚΠ 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 521 In general so arranged that the sieve-tubes form single, biseriate, or pluriseriate [Ger. mehrfache], tangential rows. 1942 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 29 646/2 Less than half a dozen filaments have been found with both uni- and pluriseriate organs. 1997 Systematic Biol. 46 424/2 Pappus of pluriseriate bristles. plurisetose adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻˈsiːtəʊs/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈsiːtəʊs/ , /ˈplʊərᵻsᵻtəʊs/ , /ˈplɔːrᵻsᵻtəʊs/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈsiˌtoʊs/ Botany and Zoology consisting of or having many setae. ΚΠ 1881 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 9 107 Labial palpi long, the second joint elongate, plurisetose in front. 1927 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 14 4 The plurisetose pappus consists of a single row of rather coarse, slightly flattened bristles. 1980 Brittonia 32 146 Disk pappus of 12 or more plurisetose bristles. † plurispiral adj. Zoology Obsolete rare having several spiral coils or convolutions; multispiral. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Plurispiral, having several or many spiral turns; multispiral: specifically said of the opercula of some shells. plurisporous adj. Brit. /plʊəˈrɪsp(ə)rəs/ , /plᵿˈrɪsp(ə)rəs/ , /plɔːˈrɪsp(ə)rəs/ , /ˌplʊərᵻˈspɔːrəs/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻˈspɔːrəs/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈspɔrəs/ Biology having many spores. ΚΠ 1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi iii. 63 The simultaneously plurisporous [Ger. mehrsporigen] basidia of the Basidiomycetes are usually more or less broadly club-shaped before the formation of spores. 1989 New Phytologist 113 260/1 In the case of Basidiomycetes, these mycelia were mostly wild dikaryons isolated from mycorrhizas, sporocarp fragments or plurisporous germination. plurisyllabic adj. Brit. /ˌplʊərᵻsᵻˈlabɪk/ , /ˌplɔːrᵻsᵻˈlabɪk/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəsəˈlæbɪk/ [after Italian plurisillabico (1917 in the passage translated in quot. 1921); compare post-classical Latin plurisyllabus having several syllables (a1536)] (of a word) consisting of two or more syllables, polysyllabic; (of a language) containing such words. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > consisting of > consisting of specific number > containing two or more syllables polysyllable1589 sesquipedal1611 polysyllabical1656 sesquipedalian1656 polysyllabic1817 hyperdisyllable1843 multisyllabic1909 plurisyllabic1921 multisyllable1950 1921 D. Ainslie tr. B. Croce Theory & Hist. Historiography ix. 131 The passage from..the syllable to the aggregate of syllables (plurisyllabic languages [It. lingue plurisillabiche]).., and so on. 1995 B. L. M. Bauer Emergence & Devel. SVO Patterning Lat. & French v. 133 Plurisyllabic postposed adpositions..are attested only in early times and in poetic texts. plurisyllable n. Brit. /ˈplʊərᵻˌsɪləbl/ , /ˈplɔːrᵻˌsɪləbl/ , U.S. /ˌplʊrəˈsɪləb(ə)l/ , /ˈplʊrəˌsɪləb(ə)l/ a word of two or more syllables. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > syllabic sound > syllable > word having specific number > word having two or more syllables polysyllable1570 polysyllabe1584 multisyllable1659 hyperdisyllable1678 sesquipedalian1830 plurisyllable1924 1924 J. S. Kenyon Amer. Pronunc. 30 A Plurisyllable is a word of more than one syllable. 1991 E. Dechant Understanding & Teaching Reading ix. 311 In plurisyllables such as linger, finger, and stronger, but not in singer, the ng represents /ng-g/. † plurivalve adj. Zoology Obsolete having several valves. ΚΠ 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. II. Zool. 170 Abdomen with an elongate plurivalve oviduct. 1853 Harper's Mag. July 220/2 Naturalists have divided shells into five orders—univalve, bivalve, plurivalve, multivalve, and sub-bivalve. plurivorous adj. Brit. /plʊəˈrɪv(ə)rəs/ , /plᵿˈrɪv(ə)rəs/ , /plɔːˈrɪv(ə)rəs/ , U.S. /plʊˈrɪv(ə)rəs/ Biology (esp. of a fungus) feeding on substrates or hosts of several different kinds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [adjective] > parasitic foliicolous1874 plurivorous1899 hemiparasitic1902 1899 Nat. Sci. Dec. 389 Professor Dietal..considers the question of their descent from one or more plurivorous forms—forms, that is, which inhabited indifferently hosts belonging to the most different families of flowering plants. 1973 R. G. Krueger et al. Introd. Microbiol. xxx. 742/1 Many types of fungi are presently described simply as ‘plurivorous’. 2000 Jrnl. Biogeogr. (Nexis) 27 297 Similarly, plurivorous, but temperate or widespread fungi were associated with Trachycarpus fortunei. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1762
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