-lepticcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -leptique; Latin -lepticus.

Etymology: < French -leptique (in e.g. epileptique epileptic adj.) and its etymon post-classical Latin -lepticus (in e.g. epilepticus epileptic adj.) < ancient Greek -ληπτικός (in e.g. ἐπιληπτικός epileptic adj.) < -ληπτός (in e.g. νυμϕόληπτος nympholept adj.; < the stem of λαμβάνειν to take (see -labe comb. form) + -τός , suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ικός -ic suffix.Earliest in the early 17th cent. in borrowings and adaptations of French and Latin words, e.g. epileptic adj., analeptic adj. Entirely independent formations within English are rare, most formations having foreign-language models or etymons.

1. Forming adjectives and nouns relating to conditions of possession or seizure, usually corresponding to nouns in -lepsy comb. form, as nympholeptic adj., theoleptic n. at theolepsy n. Derivatives, etc.

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2. Forming adjectives designating categories of psychoactive drug, as neuroleptic adj., thymoleptic adj., etc., and nouns denoting such drugs.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	-leptic
释义	-lepticcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French -leptique; Latin -lepticus. Etymology: < French -leptique (in e.g. epileptique epileptic adj.) and its etymon post-classical Latin -lepticus (in e.g. epilepticus epileptic adj.) < ancient Greek -ληπτικός (in e.g. ἐπιληπτικός epileptic adj.) < -ληπτός (in e.g. νυμϕόληπτος nympholept adj.; < the stem of λαμβάνειν to take (see -labe comb. form) + -τός , suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ικός -ic suffix.Earliest in the early 17th cent. in borrowings and adaptations of French and Latin words, e.g. epileptic adj., analeptic adj. Entirely independent formations within English are rare, most formations having foreign-language models or etymons. 1. Forming adjectives and nouns relating to conditions of possession or seizure, usually corresponding to nouns in -lepsy comb. form, as nympholeptic adj., theoleptic n. at theolepsy n. Derivatives, etc. Categories » 2. Forming adjectives designating categories of psychoactive drug, as neuroleptic adj., thymoleptic adj., etc., and nouns denoting such drugs. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form
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