quadrumanen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒdrᵿmeɪn/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑdrəˌmeɪn/

Forms: 1700s– quadrumane, 1800s quadruman.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quadrumane.

Etymology: < French quadrumane, noun and adjective ( Buffon Hist. nat. (1766) XIV. 18) < post-classical Latin quadrumanus (see quadrumanous adj.). Compare earlier quadruped n., quadruped adj., and forms at that entry. With use as adjective compare earlier quadrumanous adj.

Zoology. Now rare (chiefly historical).

A. n.

A quadrumanous primate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > primate

primate1772

quadrumane1775

pedimane1835

cheiroped1837

primatal1870

1775 W. Kenrick et al. tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Animals, Veg., & Minerals III. 416 The fissipedes, which use their feet as hands, fill up all the degrees between the quadrumanes and quadrupedes.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ii. 71 What Zoologists call the Quadrumanes, or Four-handed beasts.

1882 R. Owen in Longman's Mag. 1 66 Points of approximation in cranial and dental structure of the highest Quadrumane to the lowest Bimane.

1914 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 46 584 A slight possession of consonant ability may be found among the quadrumanes.

1989 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 563/2 He [sc. Tyson] emphasized the fact that the ape is a quadrumane (having four hands) rather than a quadruped (having four feet).

B. adj.

= quadrumanous adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [adjective]

quadrumanous1704

quadrumane1784

quadrimanous1790

pedimanous1836

quadrumanal1857

primatial1864

primatal1870

cheiropodous1889

primatic1890

1784 T. Holcroft tr. Foucher d'Obsonville Philos. Ess. Foreign Animals 374 We find several races of quadrumane animals all comprehended under the generic name of Monkies.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvii. 213 Cuvier's second Order of Mammalians, which he names Quadrumane or four-handed.

1864 Spectator No. 1875. 650 The lemurine—and consequently quadrumane..affinities of Chiromys.

1867 H. Bushnell Moral Uses Dark Things 303 What now shall we say of these quadruman people?

1905 Science 22 Dec. 822/1 The physical types first chosen for representation were those least removed from the subhuman or quadrumane form.

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

单词	quadrumane
释义	quadrumanen.adj. Brit. /ˈkwɒdrᵿmeɪn/, U.S. /ˈkwɑdrəˌmeɪn/ Forms: 1700s– quadrumane, 1800s quadruman. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quadrumane. Etymology: < French quadrumane, noun and adjective ( Buffon Hist. nat. (1766) XIV. 18) < post-classical Latin quadrumanus (see quadrumanous adj.). Compare earlier quadruped n., quadruped adj., and forms at that entry. With use as adjective compare earlier quadrumanous adj. Zoology. Now rare (chiefly historical). A. n. A quadrumanous primate. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > primate primate1772 quadrumane1775 pedimane1835 cheiroped1837 primatal1870 1775 W. Kenrick et al. tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Animals, Veg., & Minerals III. 416 The fissipedes, which use their feet as hands, fill up all the degrees between the quadrumanes and quadrupedes. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ii. 71 What Zoologists call the Quadrumanes, or Four-handed beasts. 1882 R. Owen in Longman's Mag. 1 66 Points of approximation in cranial and dental structure of the highest Quadrumane to the lowest Bimane. 1914 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 46 584 A slight possession of consonant ability may be found among the quadrumanes. 1989 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 563/2 He [sc. Tyson] emphasized the fact that the ape is a quadrumane (having four hands) rather than a quadruped (having four feet). B. adj. = quadrumanous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [adjective] quadrumanous1704 quadrumane1784 quadrimanous1790 pedimanous1836 quadrumanal1857 primatial1864 primatal1870 cheiropodous1889 primatic1890 1784 T. Holcroft tr. Foucher d'Obsonville Philos. Ess. Foreign Animals 374 We find several races of quadrumane animals all comprehended under the generic name of Monkies. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvii. 213 Cuvier's second Order of Mammalians, which he names Quadrumane or four-handed. 1864 Spectator No. 1875. 650 The lemurine—and consequently quadrumane..affinities of Chiromys. 1867 H. Bushnell Moral Uses Dark Things 303 What now shall we say of these quadruman people? 1905 Science 22 Dec. 822/1 The physical types first chosen for representation were those least removed from the subhuman or quadrumane form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1775
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