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单词 adosculation
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adosculationn.

Brit. /ədˌɒskjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ədˌɑskjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin adosculat- , adosculari , -ion suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin adosculat-, past participial stem of adosculari to keep on kissing (4th cent.; < classical Latin ad- ad- prefix + ōsculārī osculate v.) + -ion suffix1. Compare earlier osculation n., exosculation n., etc.Compare post-classical Latin adosculatio (1656 or earlier), in a different sense, translating Hellenistic Greek ἀναστόμωσις (compare anastomosis n., inosculation n.).
1. Impregnation or fertilization of an animal by the external contact of genital orifices, without intromission. Also: †fertilization of plants by pollination (obsolete). Also figurative and in extended use: mouth-to-mouth kissing. Now rare.In quot. 1902, referring to verbal declarations of love.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [noun]
pregnation?a1425
seasoning1511
fecundation?1541
impregnation1605
fructifying1638
adosculation1682
foetification1720
fertilization1837
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [noun] > others
adosculation1682
autogeny?1818
gemmation1836
parthenogenesis1849
virgin production1849
rejuvenescence1853
agamogenesis1857
monogeny1857
autogenesis1858
homogenesis1858
proliferation1864
monogenesis1866
swarming1867
paedogenesis1870
monogony1873
virginal generation1879
division1880
monogenesy1890
parthenogeny1890
anisogamy1891
isogamy1891
paragamy1891
separation1891
paedogenesis1892
parthenism1892
heterogamy1894
thelytoky1895
flagellation1898
cytogamy1899
pseudogamy1900
tychoparthenogenesis1900
syngamy1904
pseudogamy1907
ectogenesis1909
paedogamy1910
apomixis1913
progenesis1934
agamospermy1939
mixis1944
somatogamy1949
decapitation-
1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. ii. v. 173 These particles, only by falling on the Uterus, should communicate to it..a Prolifick Virtue; it may seem the more credible, from the manner wherein Coition is made by some Animals; as by many Birds, where there is no Intromission, but only an Adosculation of Parts.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Divers kinds of birds and fishes are also impregnated by adosculation.
1797 Encycl. Brit. I. 123/1 Adosculation, a term used by Dr Grew, to imply a kind of impregnation, without intromission; and in this manner he supposes the impregnation of plants is effected by the falling of the farina fœcundans on the pistil.
1891 H. F. Keenan Iron Game i. 11 The impulsive Jeannettes of the village..had a vague notion that soldiers, like sailors, were indurated for battle by adosculation.
1902 Lady's Realm 11 617/1 A man's chief delight is to partake in that particular species of adosculation which impregnates a woman's mind with a sensibility transcendent to his own.
1955 M. H. Pope El in Ugaritic Texts iv. 40 Coitus apparently does not take place til..El bends and with a hug and a kiss impregnates the females, which probably does not imply that it was a process of adosculation rather than normal intercourse.
2. Botany. The insertion of one part of a plant into another; the act of grafting. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting
graffing1398
grafting1483
imping1600
insition1601
engraffmenta1638
engraftment1647
engrafture1654
implantation1654
engraffing1656
escutcheon1658
engrafting1667
adosculation1731
engraftation1816
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Adosculation (in Botany) a joining or insertion of one part of a plant into some cavity, as it were mouth to mouth.
1871 B. H. Smart Pronouncing Dict. (new ed.) Adosculation, the act of grafting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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