adpressedadj.

Brit.

/ədˈprɛst/,

/adˈprɛst/, U.S.

/ædˈprɛst/,

/ədˈprɛst/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin adpress- , adprimere , -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin adpress-, past participial stem of adprimere (also apprimere : see adpress v.) + -ed suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin adpressus ( Linnaeus Philosophia botanica (1751) iii. 49). Compare appressed adj. at appress v. Derivatives, and later adpress v.

Botany and Zoology.

Pressed close to or lying flat against a surface, as the hairs or leaves on the stems of some plants, or one surface against another.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous > against or close against

flat1559

adpressed1760

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. vii. 192 Adprest, when the Disk of the Leaf lies close to the Stem.

1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora 126 Scrambling Rocket. Pods adpressed, leaves runcinate.

1828 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xix. 124 The dorsal segments are covered with shining adpressed hairs.

1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 412 Twigs, densely covered with minute, imbricated, adpressed leaves.

1908 Marine Investig. S. Afr. 4 31 The adpressed surfaces of the joints of the limbs are smooth, but with more or fewer traces of granulation.

1971 C. R. Metcalfe Anat. Monocotyledons V. 72 Hairs, especially where crowded, adpressed, with tips pointing towards apex of leaf.

2006 M. McCoy Reptiles Solomon Islands 78 Limbs moderate, just meeting when adpressed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adpressed
释义	adpressedadj. Brit. /ədˈprɛst/, /adˈprɛst/, U.S. /ædˈprɛst/, /ədˈprɛst/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin adpress- , adprimere , -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin adpress-, past participial stem of adprimere (also apprimere : see adpress v.) + -ed suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin adpressus ( Linnaeus Philosophia botanica (1751) iii. 49). Compare appressed adj. at appress v. Derivatives, and later adpress v. Botany and Zoology. Pressed close to or lying flat against a surface, as the hairs or leaves on the stems of some plants, or one surface against another. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous > against or close against flat1559 adpressed1760 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. vii. 192 Adprest, when the Disk of the Leaf lies close to the Stem. 1777 S. Robson Brit. Flora 126 Scrambling Rocket. Pods adpressed, leaves runcinate. 1828 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xix. 124 The dorsal segments are covered with shining adpressed hairs. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 412 Twigs, densely covered with minute, imbricated, adpressed leaves. 1908 Marine Investig. S. Afr. 4 31 The adpressed surfaces of the joints of the limbs are smooth, but with more or fewer traces of granulation. 1971 C. R. Metcalfe Anat. Monocotyledons V. 72 Hairs, especially where crowded, adpressed, with tips pointing towards apex of leaf. 2006 M. McCoy Reptiles Solomon Islands 78 Limbs moderate, just meeting when adpressed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1760
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