| 单词 | spheroidicity |
| 释义 | spheroidicity in British English (ˌsfɪərɔɪˈdɪsɪtɪ) noun the state or form of being spheroidal spheroidicity in American English (ˌsfɪərɔiˈdɪsɪti) noun a spheroidal state or form Also: spheroidity (sfɪˈrɔidɪti) Word origin [1850–55; spheroid + -ic + -ity]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clear-cut, cloakroom, overprint, runoff, segue-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic); -ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity |
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