-machycomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. tauromachy n.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek -μαχία.

Etymology: < ancient Greek -μαχία battle, contest, labour (compare μάχεσθαι to fight, μάχη battle); in some instances, e.g. naumachy n., probably via classical Latin and post-classical Latin -machia.Most of the small group of English words in -machy are first attested in the 16th and 17th centuries, with a few examples from the late 19th cent. A number of these nouns are from ancient Greek compounds (directly or via classical Latin or post-classical Latin), e.g. logomachy n., which appears to be the earliest attested in English. Others, e.g. the very early hieromachy n., are formed after such compounds with a Greek initial element; duomachy n. appears, exceptionally, to begin with a classical Latin element. A number of the English compounds are rare or attested only in dictionaries.

Forming abstract nouns with the sense ‘battle, fight’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	-machy
释义	-machycomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. tauromachy n. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek -μαχία. Etymology: < ancient Greek -μαχία battle, contest, labour (compare μάχεσθαι to fight, μάχη battle); in some instances, e.g. naumachy n., probably via classical Latin and post-classical Latin -machia.Most of the small group of English words in -machy are first attested in the 16th and 17th centuries, with a few examples from the late 19th cent. A number of these nouns are from ancient Greek compounds (directly or via classical Latin or post-classical Latin), e.g. logomachy n., which appears to be the earliest attested in English. Others, e.g. the very early hieromachy n., are formed after such compounds with a Greek initial element; duomachy n. appears, exceptionally, to begin with a classical Latin element. A number of the English compounds are rare or attested only in dictionaries. Forming abstract nouns with the sense ‘battle, fight’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < comb. form
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