pterido-comb. form

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

Forms: before a vowel pterid-.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin (also scientific Latin) pterido-, combining form (in e.g. pteridographia : see pteridography n. ) < Hellenistic Greek πτεριδ- , πτερίς fern (see pteris n.); compare -o- connective.Formations within English are found from the first half of the 19th cent. Combining with second elements ultimately of Greek origin.

Botany.

Forming words with the sense ‘fern, ferns’.

† pteridography n. [ultimately after post-classical Latin pteridographia (1836 in a work title); compare French ptéridographe pteridologist (1869 in Littré)] Obsolete rare = pteridology n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > botany > [noun] > study of specific parts or types of plants > ferns

pteridology1855

pteridography1884

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 936/2 Pteridographia, that part of Botany which treats of Ferns.]

1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 299 The..literature..of Pteridography and Palæontology [Ger. die..pteridographische und paläontologische Literatur].

pteridomania n.

Brit.

/ˌtɛrᵻdə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/

U.S.

/ˌtɛrədoʊˈmeɪniə/

now chieflyhistorical an extravagant enthusiasm for ferns.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > botany > [noun] > study of specific parts or types of plants > ferns > mania for ferns

pteridomania1855

1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 2) 4 Your daughters, perhaps, have been seized with the prevailing ‘Pteridomania’, and are collecting and buying ferns.

1970 New Scientist 7 May 296/1 Pteridomania had many social aspects yet it seems to have been almost forgotten outside botanical circles.

2003 Times (Nexis) 6 Jan. (Features section) 10 When the second and somewhat less fanatical wave of pteridomania began in the late 20th century, the principal objects of desire were exotic species.

† pteridophilist n. Obsolete rare. a fern enthusiast.

ΚΠ

1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Sept. 10 Pteridophilists being, after all, in plain English, nothing but lovers of ferns.

† pteridophilism n. Obsolete rare a love of ferns.

ΚΠ

1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Sept. 10 Our own pteridophilism being of a less pronounced and practical kind.

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

单词	pterido-
释义	pterido-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Forms: before a vowel pterid-. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pterido-. Etymology: < post-classical Latin (also scientific Latin) pterido-, combining form (in e.g. pteridographia : see pteridography n. ) < Hellenistic Greek πτεριδ- , πτερίς fern (see pteris n.); compare -o- connective.Formations within English are found from the first half of the 19th cent. Combining with second elements ultimately of Greek origin. Botany. Forming words with the sense ‘fern, ferns’. † pteridography n. [ultimately after post-classical Latin pteridographia (1836 in a work title); compare French ptéridographe pteridologist (1869 in Littré)] Obsolete rare = pteridology n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > botany > [noun] > study of specific parts or types of plants > ferns pteridology1855 pteridography1884 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 936/2 Pteridographia, that part of Botany which treats of Ferns.] 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 299 The..literature..of Pteridography and Palæontology [Ger. die..pteridographische und paläontologische Literatur]. pteridomania n. Brit. /ˌtɛrᵻdə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ , U.S. /ˌtɛrədoʊˈmeɪniə/ now chieflyhistorical an extravagant enthusiasm for ferns. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > botany > [noun] > study of specific parts or types of plants > ferns > mania for ferns pteridomania1855 1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 2) 4 Your daughters, perhaps, have been seized with the prevailing ‘Pteridomania’, and are collecting and buying ferns. 1970 New Scientist 7 May 296/1 Pteridomania had many social aspects yet it seems to have been almost forgotten outside botanical circles. 2003 Times (Nexis) 6 Jan. (Features section) 10 When the second and somewhat less fanatical wave of pteridomania began in the late 20th century, the principal objects of desire were exotic species. † pteridophilist n. Obsolete rare. a fern enthusiast. ΚΠ 1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Sept. 10 Pteridophilists being, after all, in plain English, nothing but lovers of ferns. † pteridophilism n. Obsolete rare a love of ferns. ΚΠ 1866 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Sept. 10 Our own pteridophilism being of a less pronounced and practical kind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1855
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