cameliousadj.

/kəˈmiːlɪəs/

Etymology: < camel n. + -ious suffix.

Jocular word invented by Kipling (in form cameelious) to describe the hump given to the lazy camel in Just So Stories. Hence allusively (with reference to hump n. 3).

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [adjective] > having a hump

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camelious1902

1902 R. Kipling Just So Stories 27 Kiddies and grown-ups too-oo-oo, If we haven't enough to do-oo-oo, We get the hump—Cameelious hump—The hump that is black and blue!

1909 ‘I. Hay’ Man's Man xvi The men have both got camelious hump.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	camelious
释义	cameliousadj. /kəˈmiːlɪəs/ Etymology: < camel n. + -ious suffix. Jocular word invented by Kipling (in form cameelious) to describe the hump given to the lazy camel in Just So Stories. Hence allusively (with reference to hump n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Camelidae (camel) > [adjective] > having a hump tower-backed1608 camelious1902 1902 R. Kipling Just So Stories 27 Kiddies and grown-ups too-oo-oo, If we haven't enough to do-oo-oo, We get the hump—Cameelious hump—The hump that is black and blue! 1909 ‘I. Hay’ Man's Man xvi The men have both got camelious hump. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1902
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