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comess [comess 词源字典]: "A confused or noisy situation", From French Creole commece 'confusion', from French commerce 'commerce'.[comess etymology, comess origin, 英语词源]
comminatory: "Threatening, punitive, or vengeful", Early 16th century: from medieval Latin comminatorius, from comminat- 'threatened', from the verb comminari (see commination).
cold-proof: "Offering resistance against cold", Early 19th cent..
computator: "A person skilled in calculation or computation; = computer. Now chiefly historical", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in Richard Percyvall (c1558–1620), administrator and lexicographer. From classical Latin computātor calculator, accountant, in post-classical Latin also counting-board from computāt-, past participial stem of computāre + -or.
contrabass: "another term for double bass", Late 18th century: from Italian contrabasso, from contra- 'pitched an octave below' + basso (see bass¹).
cyclopedia: "An encyclopedia", Late 17th century: shortening of encyclopedia.
cacography: "Bad handwriting or spelling", Late 16th century: from Greek kakos 'bad', on the pattern of orthography.
congregant: "A member of a congregation, especially that of a church or synagogue", Late 19th century: from Latin congregant- 'collecting (into a flock), uniting', from the verb congregare (see congregate).
coleorhiza: "A sheath protecting the root of a germinating grass or cereal grain", Mid 19th century: from koleos 'sheath' + rhiza 'root'.
concinnity: "The skilful and harmonious arrangement or fitting together of the different parts of something", Mid 16th century: from Latin concinnitas, from concinnus 'skilfully put together'.
congius: "An ancient Roman liquid measure of one eighth of an amphora, equal in modern terms to about 6 imperial pints", Latin.
constellate: "Form or cause to form into a cluster or group; gather together", Mid 17th century: from late Latin constellatus, from con- 'together' + stellatus 'arranged like a star'.
coriaceous: "Resembling or having the texture of leather", Late 17th century: from late Latin coriaceus (from Latin corium 'leather') + -ous.
couthy: "(Of a person) warm and friendly", Early 18th century: apparently from Old English cūth 'known' + -y¹ (also -ie).
criticaster: "A minor or inferior critic", Late 17th century: from critic + -aster.
chole-: "Relating to bile or the bile ducts", From Greek kholē 'gall, bile'.
commonalty: "People without special rank or position, usually viewed as an estate of the realm", Middle English: from Old French comunalte, from medieval Latin communalitas, from Latin communis 'common, general' (see common).
corporality: "Material or corporeal existence", Late Middle English: from late Latin corporalitas, from Latin corporalis 'relating to the body' (see corporal²).
cannabinol: "A crystalline compound whose derivatives, especially THC, are the active constituents of cannabis", Late 19th century: from cannabis + -ol.
crottle: "A common lichen found on rocks, used in Scotland to make a golden-brown or reddish-brown dye for staining wool for making tweed", Mid 18th century: from Scottish Gaelic and Irish crotal, crotan.