stalactitesn.

/staləkˈtʌɪtiːz/

Forms: Plural stalactitæ /stæləkˈtaɪtiː/.

Etymology: modern Latin (Olaus Wormius a1654), < Greek σταλακτός dropping, dripping (verbal adjective < σταλακ- , σταλάσσειν to let drip, intransitive to drip), after names of stones in -ītēs : see -ite suffix¹.

Now rare.

= stalactite n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > stiria > stalagmite or stalactite

round dropstone1668

stalactite1677

stalactites1681

stalagmite1681

water pipe1681

dropstone1695

icicle1695

watericle1776

stalagmite1815

frostwork1835

tallow1876

helictite1882

stalagma1903

a1654 O. Wormius Mus. (1655) i. ii. vi. 50 De Stalactite, Stalagmite, Osteocolla,..&c. Ad molliorum lapidum classem referimus Stalactitem, Norvegis Berg-drab.]

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. §i. v. 301 The Larger Hollow Stalactites, or Water-Pipe.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 202 Sometimes Spar, and other crasser Minerals, are thus mounted up, and..form Stalactitæ, or Sparry Iceycles hanging down from the Arches of the Grotto's.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 421 In caverns and fissures, stalactitæ,..and other substances, crystallize in various forms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	stalactites
释义	stalactitesn. /staləkˈtʌɪtiːz/ Forms: Plural stalactitæ /stæləkˈtaɪtiː/. Etymology: modern Latin (Olaus Wormius a1654), < Greek σταλακτός dropping, dripping (verbal adjective < σταλακ- , σταλάσσειν to let drip, intransitive to drip), after names of stones in -ītēs : see -ite suffix¹. Now rare. = stalactite n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > stiria > stalagmite or stalactite round dropstone1668 stalactite1677 stalactites1681 stalagmite1681 water pipe1681 dropstone1695 icicle1695 watericle1776 stalagmite1815 frostwork1835 tallow1876 helictite1882 stalagma1903 a1654 O. Wormius Mus. (1655) i. ii. vi. 50 De Stalactite, Stalagmite, Osteocolla,..&c. Ad molliorum lapidum classem referimus Stalactitem, Norvegis Berg-drab.] 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. §i. v. 301 The Larger Hollow Stalactites, or Water-Pipe. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 202 Sometimes Spar, and other crasser Minerals, are thus mounted up, and..form Stalactitæ, or Sparry Iceycles hanging down from the Arches of the Grotto's. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 421 In caverns and fissures, stalactitæ,..and other substances, crystallize in various forms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1681
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