premorseadj.

Brit.

/ˌpriːˈmɔːs/, U.S.

/priˈmɔrs/

Forms: 1700s–1800s praemorse, 1700s– premorse.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praemorsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin praemorsus, past participle of praemordēre to bite at the extremity, to bite from the end < prae- pre- prefix + mordēre to bite (see mordant adj.).

Chiefly Botany.

Esp. of a root: having the end irregularly truncate, as if bitten or broken off.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having a rounded end

truncated1752

obtuse1753

premorse1753

retuse1753

spatulate1760

spatulated1777

lopped1787

succise1880

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of general parts > having the end truncate

premorse1753

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Præmorse Leaf,..a leaf which is truncated and terminated by an acute sinus at the summit.

1767 Quincy's Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 8) 400/2 It [sc. the root] has been distinguished, according to its various Structures, into perpendicular, horizontal.., repent or creeping, fibrose, and premorse or bitten off.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 295 Premorse.., terminating in an irregular truncate apex, as if bitten off.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) i. 12 As I looked over the water, I saw..the sea nibbling voraciously at the continent, the springing arch of a hill suddenly interrupted, as at Point Alderton—what botanists might call premorse.

1864 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. ii. 187 Blue Scabious..Herb with a præmorse (abrupt) rootstock.

1962 A. R. Clapham et al. Flora Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 883 A perennial scapigerous herb with a short ± erect branching premorse stock and fleshy roots.

1995 Jrnl. Ecol. 83 828/1 The growth of leaf buds on the premorse stems in Leucanthanum..was encouraged by grazing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	premorse
释义	premorseadj. Brit. /ˌpriːˈmɔːs/, U.S. /priˈmɔrs/ Forms: 1700s–1800s praemorse, 1700s– premorse. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praemorsus. Etymology: < classical Latin praemorsus, past participle of praemordēre to bite at the extremity, to bite from the end < prae- pre- prefix + mordēre to bite (see mordant adj.). Chiefly Botany. Esp. of a root: having the end irregularly truncate, as if bitten or broken off. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > having a rounded end truncated1752 obtuse1753 premorse1753 retuse1753 spatulate1760 spatulated1777 lopped1787 succise1880 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of general parts > having the end truncate premorse1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Præmorse Leaf,..a leaf which is truncated and terminated by an acute sinus at the summit. 1767 Quincy's Lexicon Physico-medicum (ed. 8) 400/2 It [sc. the root] has been distinguished, according to its various Structures, into perpendicular, horizontal.., repent or creeping, fibrose, and premorse or bitten off. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 295 Premorse.., terminating in an irregular truncate apex, as if bitten off. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) i. 12 As I looked over the water, I saw..the sea nibbling voraciously at the continent, the springing arch of a hill suddenly interrupted, as at Point Alderton—what botanists might call premorse. 1864 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. ii. 187 Blue Scabious..Herb with a præmorse (abrupt) rootstock. 1962 A. R. Clapham et al. Flora Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 883 A perennial scapigerous herb with a short ± erect branching premorse stock and fleshy roots. 1995 Jrnl. Ecol. 83 828/1 The growth of leaf buds on the premorse stems in Leucanthanum..was encouraged by grazing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1753
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