单词 | putaminous |
释义 | putaminousadj. rare. Originally (Botany): constituting a shell, husk, etc. Later: of, relating to, or designating a putamen. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective] hardeOE braasny1382 dure1412 flinty?1541 obdurate1598 putaminous1598 oakeda1618 marblya1620 obdure1625 marmorean1656 durous1666 calculous1682 scirrhous1694 horn-hard1768 marmoreal1798 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > nut > [adjective] > of or relating to a shell shaled1567 putaminous1598 shelly1778 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. v. vii. f. 26v/2 Some putaminous substance, chaunced to be theron [sc. on the teeth], obdurated, & hardened. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 28 The outward crust, or putaminous husk, being broken, appears full of little kernells, or nuts. 1727 R. Bradley Houghton's Coll. for Improvem. Husbandry & Trade III. 101 Within this putaminous husk, or large fruit, lie the cacahuatl..being about the bigness of almonds. 1890 E. Coues Handbk. Field & Gen. Ornithol. II. iv. 331 The whole process of finishing off the yelk-ball with its chalaziform, soft albuminous, putaminous, and calcareous envelopes may go on in twenty-four hours. 2000 Neurology 54 123/1 Bradykinesia seems to be a direct expression of putaminous neuronal loss, worsening as the disease progresses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1598 |
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