definitude的词源
英文词源
No matching word found in the dictionary.
Word of Random
- effete




- effete: [17] Latin effētus meant literally ‘that has given birth’. It was a compound adjective, based on the prefix ex- ‘out’ and fētus ‘childbearing, offspring’ (source of English foetus). Its use spread metaphorically first to ‘worn out by giving birth’ and finally to simply ‘exhausted’, the senses in which English originally acquired it. The word’s modern connotations of ‘overrefinement’ and ‘decadence’ did not develop until the 19th century.
中文词源
词根词缀: de-下降 + -fin-界限 + -i- + -tude名词词尾
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:definitude 词源,definitude 含义。