-lepsycomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek -ληψις; Greek -ληψία.

Etymology: Partly < ancient Greek -ληψις (in e.g. κατάληψις catalepsy n.; < the stem of λαμβάνειν to take (see -labe comb. form) + -σις -sis suffix), and partly < ancient Greek -ληψία (in e.g. ἐπιληψία epilepsy n.; < -ληψις + -ία -y suffix³; compare -sy suffix¹). Compare post-classical Latin -lepsia (in e.g. epilepsia epilepsy n.), French -lepsie, German -lepsie.Earliest in Middle English in borrowings and adaptations of French and Latin words, e.g. analepsy n., catalepsy n. Entirely independent formations within English are rare, most formations having foreign-language models or etymons.

Forming nouns denoting conditions of possession or seizure, as nympholepsy n., pyknolepsy n., theolepsy n., etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-lepsy
释义	-lepsycomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek -ληψις; Greek -ληψία. Etymology: Partly < ancient Greek -ληψις (in e.g. κατάληψις catalepsy n.; < the stem of λαμβάνειν to take (see -labe comb. form) + -σις -sis suffix), and partly < ancient Greek -ληψία (in e.g. ἐπιληψία epilepsy n.; < -ληψις + -ία -y suffix³; compare -sy suffix¹). Compare post-classical Latin -lepsia (in e.g. epilepsia epilepsy n.), French -lepsie, German -lepsie.Earliest in Middle English in borrowings and adaptations of French and Latin words, e.g. analepsy n., catalepsy n. Entirely independent formations within English are rare, most formations having foreign-language models or etymons. Forming nouns denoting conditions of possession or seizure, as nympholepsy n., pyknolepsy n., theolepsy n., etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form
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