† polypeanadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polyp n., -ean suffix.

Etymology: < polyp n. + -ean suffix. Compare earlier polypous adj.

Obsolete.

Of or relating to a polyp or polyps; suggestive of a polyp, esp. in the power to regenerate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > polyp > [adjective] > resembling a polyp

polypean1822

polypiform1848

polypoid1851

polypoidal1877

1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 110 Dividing their discourses into heads—Cerberean, Polypean, and Hydraform.

1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 212 His polypean power was in his faculty of reproduction.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VI. 710/2 Many observations by Captain Beechey and other navigators..have produced a very general impression that the polypean races do not exist except at moderate depths.

1853 J. R. Lowell in Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 406 My style's centrifugal..Or call't the polypean style; each verse contains, at any rate, A polypus that in its turn new polypi can generate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	polypean
释义	† polypeanadj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polyp n., -ean suffix. Etymology: < polyp n. + -ean suffix. Compare earlier polypous adj. Obsolete. Of or relating to a polyp or polyps; suggestive of a polyp, esp. in the power to regenerate. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > polyp > [adjective] > resembling a polyp polypean1822 polypiform1848 polypoid1851 polypoidal1877 1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 110 Dividing their discourses into heads—Cerberean, Polypean, and Hydraform. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 212 His polypean power was in his faculty of reproduction. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VI. 710/2 Many observations by Captain Beechey and other navigators..have produced a very general impression that the polypean races do not exist except at moderate depths. 1853 J. R. Lowell in Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 406 My style's centrifugal..Or call't the polypean style; each verse contains, at any rate, A polypus that in its turn new polypi can generate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1822
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