单词 | homochromous |
释义 | homochromous in British English (ˌhəʊməˈkrəʊməs, ˌhɒm-) adjective (esp of plant parts) of only one colour homochromous in American English (ˌhouməˈkrouməs, ˌhɑmə-) adjective Botany & Zoology being all of one color, as a composite flower or flower head Derived forms homochromy (ˈhouməˌkroumi, ˈhɑmə-) noun Word origin [1835–45; homochrome + -ous]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: catch-up, ecumenical, hot plate, placement, protein-ous is a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense “possessing, full of”a given quality (covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous); -ous and its variant -ious have often been used to Anglicize Latin adjectives with terminations that cannotbe directly adapted into English (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous). As an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly Anglicizes Greekand Latin adjectives derived without suffix from nouns and verbs; many such formationsare productive combining forms in English, sometimes with a corresponding nominalcombining form that has no suffix (as -fer and -ferous; -phore and -phorous; -pter and -pterous; -vore and -vorous) |
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