The Abecedary

🖼️ illustrated exploration of the oxford english dictionary. descriptivist. by @lyallwart 🔠 not affiliated with @oed. yet. 📖 #illustration #comic #webcomic

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Vesalian drawing video
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timelapse video for "uriniferous"

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a good tooth-puller can pull with any key or claw
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Catching up on the timelapse videos... Here's 🧀𝓼𝔀𝓪𝓬𝓴🧀
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ICYMI, this week's Abecedary: Yesk
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YESK
“He..Beheld him yesking forth his ghost.”
— Ovid · 'The.XV. bookes of P. Ovidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis' (transl. Arthur Golding) (1567)
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New Abecedary!
yesk, v. †3. a. transitive. To belch forth; to vomit. Also: to cough or spit up. Obsolete.
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ICYMI, this week's Abecedary: Xiphiplastron
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XIPHIPLASTRON
“In the Turtle the plastron consists of nine pieces..the fourth [lateral], xiphiplastron.”
— Thomas Henry Huxley · 'A Manual of the Anatomy of vertebrated animals' (1871)
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New Abecedary!
xiphiplastron, n. Anatomy and Zoology. Each of the fourth or hindmost pair of lateral plates in the plastron of a turtle.
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ICYMI, this week's Abecedary: Well-Boned
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WELL-BONED
“Soldiers..whose well-boned Limbs are fitted for Labour.”
— 'Way to be Wise & Wealthy' · (1736)
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New Abecedary!
well-boned, adj. 1. Having large or strong bones; having an attractive bone structure.
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ICYMI, this week's Abecedary, Vesalian.
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VESALIAN
“The students..set out on Vesalian crusades, and succeeded beyond expectation.”
— Henry Lonsdale · 'A sketch of the life and writing of Robert Knox' (1870)
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New Abecedary!
Vesalian, adj. 1. Connected with anatomical researches. In quot. 1870 with reference to body-snatching.
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ICYMI, this week's Abecedary: Uriniferous
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URINIFEROUS
“The hinder portion of the alimentary canal is perhaps also uriniferous.”
— Brady · 'Copepoda' (1880)
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New Abecedary!
uriniferous, adj. Anatomy. Conveying urine. Usually with duct, tubule, or (most frequently) tube.
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ICYMI: this week's Abecedary: https://t.co/XILa7Uxn6o