stuntedadj.

/ˈstʌntɪd/

Etymology: < stunt v.¹ + -ed suffix¹.

a. Checked in growth or development; of growth, checked, arrested. Hence: diminutive, dwarf.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > types of growth

unthriftyc1440

unthriving1600

abortive1601

stunted1719

abortient1768

stockeda1796

hypertrophic1832

accretionary1841

accretional1843

homonomous1854

stasimorphic1869

geomalic1880

homoeotic1894

concrescent1902

infantilistic1930

1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) p. xi It can never be pleasing to see a stunted Tree.

1727 A. Pope Macer 134 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Like stunted hide-bound Trees.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 279 That stunted breed [of cattle] which was common all over Scotland.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ix. 239 A queer, shambling, ill-made urchin, who, by his stunted growth, seemed about twelve or thirteen..years old.

1826 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 427 The long succession of years of stunted crops.

1833 Q. Rev. 49 407 Precocity of intellect in a stunted frame, is the grand desideratum in a Newmarket nursery.

1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. iii. 78 These pigs on the Paramos are small and stunted.

1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 21 The innermost digit is often stunted or absent.

1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 141/1 The florets at apex opened first and the lower ones last..which gave the flower a stunted appearance.

b. of immaterial things.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > dwarfed, stunted, or imperfectly grown

undergrownc1405

dwarf1600

dwarfy1603

grubby1611

stunted1658

dwarfed1671

urled1691

scrogged1814

stunty1828

1658 F. Osborne Hist. Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & Iames Ep. sig. A3 Scholars, who think it a sufficient excuse in the justification of a stunted Knowledge, to maintain an impossibility of transcending the Abilities of former Ages.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 69 I lived for years a stunted sunless life.

1911 W. W. Fowler Relig. Exper. Rom. People xii. 287 The old State religion remained, but in stunted form, and with paralysed vitality.

a. Of a thing: shortened; †worn down (obsolete); (also) disproportionately or abnormally short.

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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > worn down to a stump or stub

stump1624

stubbed1627

stunted1716

stumpy1794

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > disproportionately short

stuntedc1844

1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 27 When waggish Boys the stunted Beesom ply To rid the slabby Pavement.

c1844 Rossetti Bürger's Lenore Note (MS.) I have retained the German version..thinking it more suited to the metre than the lengthy English word ‘Leonora,’ and by far less unpleasing to the ear than the stunted and ugly abbreviation ‘Leonor’.

1845 Ecclesiologist 4 89 A stunted chancel is affixed.

1898 C. J. C. Hyne Through Arctic Lapland ii. 24 He mounted on the stem-head of his steamer a stunted heavy-breeched gun.

b. In the names of animals or plants, the individuals of which are diminutive in form.

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1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 38 Simia Jacchus Vulgaris (the Stunted Monkey or Jacchus).

1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 271 Stunted Ox-eye Daisy.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 397 Casuarina distyla..‘Stunted She-oak’.

Derivatives

ˈstuntedly adv.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adverb] > in an unthriving or atrophied manner

unthrivinglya1387

starvedly1865

stuntedly1907

1907 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 439 The living organism within at last ceased struggling to extend itself, and stuntedly and pathetically took the shape prescribed.

ˈstuntedness n.

ΚΠ

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 66 The Stuntedness, Punyness and Feebleness, so conspicuous among the better Sort.

1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 15 Aug. The pure Indians..in the southern portion of Mexico are as a rule of very low stature, even to stuntedness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	stunted
释义	stuntedadj. /ˈstʌntɪd/ Etymology: < stunt v.¹ + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Checked in growth or development; of growth, checked, arrested. Hence: diminutive, dwarf. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > types of growth unthriftyc1440 unthriving1600 abortive1601 stunted1719 abortient1768 stockeda1796 hypertrophic1832 accretionary1841 accretional1843 homonomous1854 stasimorphic1869 geomalic1880 homoeotic1894 concrescent1902 infantilistic1930 1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) p. xi It can never be pleasing to see a stunted Tree. 1727 A. Pope Macer 134 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Like stunted hide-bound Trees. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 279 That stunted breed [of cattle] which was common all over Scotland. View more context for this quotation 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ix. 239 A queer, shambling, ill-made urchin, who, by his stunted growth, seemed about twelve or thirteen..years old. 1826 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 427 The long succession of years of stunted crops. 1833 Q. Rev. 49 407 Precocity of intellect in a stunted frame, is the grand desideratum in a Newmarket nursery. 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. iii. 78 These pigs on the Paramos are small and stunted. 1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 21 The innermost digit is often stunted or absent. 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 141/1 The florets at apex opened first and the lower ones last..which gave the flower a stunted appearance. b. of immaterial things. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > dwarfed, stunted, or imperfectly grown undergrownc1405 dwarf1600 dwarfy1603 grubby1611 stunted1658 dwarfed1671 urled1691 scrogged1814 stunty1828 1658 F. Osborne Hist. Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & Iames Ep. sig. A3 Scholars, who think it a sufficient excuse in the justification of a stunted Knowledge, to maintain an impossibility of transcending the Abilities of former Ages. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 69 I lived for years a stunted sunless life. 1911 W. W. Fowler Relig. Exper. Rom. People xii. 287 The old State religion remained, but in stunted form, and with paralysed vitality. 2. a. Of a thing: shortened; †worn down (obsolete); (also) disproportionately or abnormally short. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > worn down to a stump or stub stump1624 stubbed1627 stunted1716 stumpy1794 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > disproportionately short stuntedc1844 1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 27 When waggish Boys the stunted Beesom ply To rid the slabby Pavement. c1844 Rossetti Bürger's Lenore Note (MS.) I have retained the German version..thinking it more suited to the metre than the lengthy English word ‘Leonora,’ and by far less unpleasing to the ear than the stunted and ugly abbreviation ‘Leonor’. 1845 Ecclesiologist 4 89 A stunted chancel is affixed. 1898 C. J. C. Hyne Through Arctic Lapland ii. 24 He mounted on the stem-head of his steamer a stunted heavy-breeched gun. b. In the names of animals or plants, the individuals of which are diminutive in form. ΚΠ 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 38 Simia Jacchus Vulgaris (the Stunted Monkey or Jacchus). 1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 271 Stunted Ox-eye Daisy. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 397 Casuarina distyla..‘Stunted She-oak’. Derivatives ˈstuntedly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adverb] > in an unthriving or atrophied manner unthrivinglya1387 starvedly1865 stuntedly1907 1907 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 439 The living organism within at last ceased struggling to extend itself, and stuntedly and pathetically took the shape prescribed. ˈstuntedness n. ΚΠ 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 66 The Stuntedness, Punyness and Feebleness, so conspicuous among the better Sort. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 15 Aug. The pure Indians..in the southern portion of Mexico are as a rule of very low stature, even to stuntedness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1658
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