| 单词 | piscatology |
| 释义 | piscatology in American English (ˌpɪskəˈtɑlədʒi) noun Rare the art or science of fishing Word origin < L piscatus, pp. of piscari, to fish (< piscis, fish) + -logypiscatology in American English (ˌpɪskəˈtɑlədʒi) noun rare the art or science of fishing Word origin [1865–70; piscat(or) or piscat(ory) + -o- + -logy]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, black belt, goulash, springboard, valence-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: chronology, genealogy, methodology, thanatology, topology |
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