单词 | terminatory |
释义 | terminatoryadj. Terminal (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [adjective] desinent1608 terminal1650 terminatory1675 distal1882 1675 G. Harvey Dis. of London xvi. 187 In an Inveterate Scorvey, they are..subject to fall into violent Fluxes of the Belly, or Diarrhaea's, and Lienteries, which if continuing, pass into a Terminatory Distemper. 1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 291 The Rhamnus, with terminatory spikes [L. ramis spina terminatis], and quadrifid, diœcious flowers. 1775 J. Jenkinson Linnæus' Generic & Specific Descr. Brit. Plants Gloss. (at cited word) By a terminatory flower is meant the end flower. 1853 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. III. xxx. 219 The terminatory point of the group of little mountains. 1914 Amer. Printer 58 207/1 In the machined output of the nowtime the terminatory sequences [of successive lines] can not be supervised so closely. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iv. iii. 390 The cancellation of the Norwegian claim to the throne of England in 1066 and Svein's virtual abandonment of the Danish in 1070 were likewise events of terminatory significance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1675 |
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