subaqueousadj.

Brit.

/ˌsʌbˈeɪkwɪəs/,

/ˌsʌbˈakwɪəs/, U.S.

/ˌsəbˈeɪkwiəs/,

/ˌsəbˈækwiəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin subaqueus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin subaqueus (1576 or earlier; < classical Latin sub- sub- prefix + aqua water (see aqua n.¹) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare Italian subacqueo (1780 or earlier). Compare subaquatic adj., subaquean adj., subaquaneous adj., and also aqueous adj.

a. Existing, formed, or constructed underwater.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > water > [adjective] > existing, situated, or formed under water

underwater1627

subaqueous1677

subteraqueous1682

subaquatic1750

subteraquean1753

subaquean1782

sub-water1865

sub-aqua1871

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 28 Terrestrial and subaqueous Plants.

a1711 T. Ken Edmund i, in Wks. (1721) II. 26 As if sub-aqueous Fires..Had boil'd the Waves.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 33 In some places are vast subaqueous precipices.

1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. xii. 531 That dark colour which subaqueous weeds are often of.

1862 G. H. Townsend Man. Dates at Submarine telegraph In 1848 successful subaqueous telegraphs were laid across the Rhine.

1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 77 There is a rush upwards as of a subaqueous spring.

1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 63 Solbjørnvatn has formed as the result of the fusion of three lakes, which remain separated, however, by subaqueous ridges.

1996 Victorian Soc. Ann. 1995 45/2 The last 20 years of his life were largely devoted to the Thames Tunnel, the world's first subaqueous tunnel.

b. Performed or occurring underwater; adapted for use underwater.

ΚΠ

1681 T. Guidott in E. Tyson tr. J. Swammerdam Ephemeri Vita sig. A4^v After a long Subaqueous abode, The Watry Native longs to range abroad.

1747 London Mag. Sept. 368/2 One would have thought a better Judgment, by much, might have been form'd of what the Crust would in that Place bear, than could have been expected from a subaqueous Boring.

1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 24 I risqued a subaqueous voyage.

1839 United Service Jrnl. June 189 Subterraneous or subaqueous explosions.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sub-aqueous Helmet, a diver's head-dress, supplied with air by pump from above.

1904 Times 10 Sept. 6/2 He..invented a method of subaqueous vision by a special set of lenses.

1993 Jrnl. Petrol. 34 261 Discoloured water, probably indicating subaqueous eruptive activity, was occasionally observed over Fukujin.

c. Of a person: that constructs underwater works, esp. tunnels.

ΚΠ

1800 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 115/1 He..may keep in his pay, for the purpose of burrowing under his lake, some of those sub-aqueous engineers that are about to undermine the Thames itself.

1845 W. M. Thackeray in Punch 8 61/1 It weds the tunnel of the subaqueous Brunel with the mystic edifice of Cheops.

1915 Trained Nurse & Hosp. Rev. Mar. 139/2 ‘The bends’—a disease which, aside from the subaqueous engineer, not one man or doctor in a thousand ever heard of.

2005 Independent (Nexis) 3 Nov. 38 ‘Not maybe completely underwater,’ says leading subaqueous architect Seiko Omako.

†2. Below sea level. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1724 A. Ramsay Health 397 Ye Dutch..You scarce dare sleep in your subaqueous bowers.

3. Of an object or image: reflected in a body of water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > reflected > as in a mirror or water

reflected1594

float-glassed1632

reflex1653

subaqueous1798

mirrored1821

reverberated1896

1798 W. F. Mavor Brit. Tourists V. 260 The shelving hills..with their subaqueous images were of a faint grape-like hue.

c1845 in C. Wordsworth Mem. Wordsworth (1851) II. xxxvii. 77 These specks of snow reflected in the lake: and so transferred, as it were, to the subaqueous sky.

1877 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 166 You find yourself transported to a world of wavering subaqueous sheen.

1993 D. M. Friedman in T. N. Corns Cambr. Compan. Eng. Poetry xiv. 289 Even the sun ‘pines’ to be united with its ‘shade’, the dark, subaqueous image of its glorious self.

4. figurative. Originally of light: watery, faint; lacking real substance or strength; wishy-washy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective]

dima1000

darkOE

troublea1327

palec1385

dullc1430

unclearc1440

unbright1534

cloudy1556

unlight1570

muddy1600

wan1601

opacous1616

filmy1642

illuminous1656

crepuscular1668

dumb1720

rayless1754

opaque1794

veilya1802

turbid1811

unlucent1819

ineffulgent1824

blear1830

unrefulgent1856

subluminous1860

subaqueous1875

shineless1882

1875 H. James Passionate Pilgrim in Passionate Pilgrim & Other Tales 22 That dim, subaqueous light which sleeps so fondly upon the English landscape.

1942 Poetry Feb. 256 Subaqueous light of the woodland.

1970 H. Braun Parish Churches xix. 228 During the last fifty years an inevitable reaction has introduced pallid sub-aqueous treatments [of stained-glass windows], less obstructive to light but lacking all the ancient warmth and liveliness.

1977 Listener 28 July 122/3 A sort of subaqueous, loopy, transcendental speculation about female identity.

1999 G. Asayesh Saffron Sky i. 19 My cousin Ramin rings the doorbell. A subaqueous form takes shape behind the glass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subaqueous
释义	subaqueousadj. Brit. /ˌsʌbˈeɪkwɪəs/, /ˌsʌbˈakwɪəs/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈeɪkwiəs/, /ˌsəbˈækwiəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin subaqueus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin subaqueus (1576 or earlier; < classical Latin sub- sub- prefix + aqua water (see aqua n.¹) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare Italian subacqueo (1780 or earlier). Compare subaquatic adj., subaquean adj., subaquaneous adj., and also aqueous adj. 1. a. Existing, formed, or constructed underwater. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [adjective] > existing, situated, or formed under water underwater1627 subaqueous1677 subteraqueous1682 subaquatic1750 subteraquean1753 subaquean1782 sub-water1865 sub-aqua1871 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 28 Terrestrial and subaqueous Plants. a1711 T. Ken Edmund i, in Wks. (1721) II. 26 As if sub-aqueous Fires..Had boil'd the Waves. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 33 In some places are vast subaqueous precipices. 1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. xii. 531 That dark colour which subaqueous weeds are often of. 1862 G. H. Townsend Man. Dates at Submarine telegraph In 1848 successful subaqueous telegraphs were laid across the Rhine. 1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 77 There is a rush upwards as of a subaqueous spring. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 63 Solbjørnvatn has formed as the result of the fusion of three lakes, which remain separated, however, by subaqueous ridges. 1996 Victorian Soc. Ann. 1995 45/2 The last 20 years of his life were largely devoted to the Thames Tunnel, the world's first subaqueous tunnel. b. Performed or occurring underwater; adapted for use underwater. ΚΠ 1681 T. Guidott in E. Tyson tr. J. Swammerdam Ephemeri Vita sig. A4^v After a long Subaqueous abode, The Watry Native longs to range abroad. 1747 London Mag. Sept. 368/2 One would have thought a better Judgment, by much, might have been form'd of what the Crust would in that Place bear, than could have been expected from a subaqueous Boring. 1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 24 I risqued a subaqueous voyage. 1839 United Service Jrnl. June 189 Subterraneous or subaqueous explosions. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sub-aqueous Helmet, a diver's head-dress, supplied with air by pump from above. 1904 Times 10 Sept. 6/2 He..invented a method of subaqueous vision by a special set of lenses. 1993 Jrnl. Petrol. 34 261 Discoloured water, probably indicating subaqueous eruptive activity, was occasionally observed over Fukujin. c. Of a person: that constructs underwater works, esp. tunnels. ΚΠ 1800 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 115/1 He..may keep in his pay, for the purpose of burrowing under his lake, some of those sub-aqueous engineers that are about to undermine the Thames itself. 1845 W. M. Thackeray in Punch 8 61/1 It weds the tunnel of the subaqueous Brunel with the mystic edifice of Cheops. 1915 Trained Nurse & Hosp. Rev. Mar. 139/2 ‘The bends’—a disease which, aside from the subaqueous engineer, not one man or doctor in a thousand ever heard of. 2005 Independent (Nexis) 3 Nov. 38 ‘Not maybe completely underwater,’ says leading subaqueous architect Seiko Omako. †2. Below sea level. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1724 A. Ramsay Health 397 Ye Dutch..You scarce dare sleep in your subaqueous bowers. 3. Of an object or image: reflected in a body of water. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > reflected > as in a mirror or water reflected1594 float-glassed1632 reflex1653 subaqueous1798 mirrored1821 reverberated1896 1798 W. F. Mavor Brit. Tourists V. 260 The shelving hills..with their subaqueous images were of a faint grape-like hue. c1845 in C. Wordsworth Mem. Wordsworth (1851) II. xxxvii. 77 These specks of snow reflected in the lake: and so transferred, as it were, to the subaqueous sky. 1877 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 166 You find yourself transported to a world of wavering subaqueous sheen. 1993 D. M. Friedman in T. N. Corns Cambr. Compan. Eng. Poetry xiv. 289 Even the sun ‘pines’ to be united with its ‘shade’, the dark, subaqueous image of its glorious self. 4. figurative. Originally of light: watery, faint; lacking real substance or strength; wishy-washy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] dima1000 darkOE troublea1327 palec1385 dullc1430 unclearc1440 unbright1534 cloudy1556 unlight1570 muddy1600 wan1601 opacous1616 filmy1642 illuminous1656 crepuscular1668 dumb1720 rayless1754 opaque1794 veilya1802 turbid1811 unlucent1819 ineffulgent1824 blear1830 unrefulgent1856 subluminous1860 subaqueous1875 shineless1882 1875 H. James Passionate Pilgrim in Passionate Pilgrim & Other Tales 22 That dim, subaqueous light which sleeps so fondly upon the English landscape. 1942 Poetry Feb. 256 Subaqueous light of the woodland. 1970 H. Braun Parish Churches xix. 228 During the last fifty years an inevitable reaction has introduced pallid sub-aqueous treatments [of stained-glass windows], less obstructive to light but lacking all the ancient warmth and liveliness. 1977 Listener 28 July 122/3 A sort of subaqueous, loopy, transcendental speculation about female identity. 1999 G. Asayesh Saffron Sky i. 19 My cousin Ramin rings the doorbell. A subaqueous form takes shape behind the glass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1677
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