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fleshpots [fleshpots 词源字典]: "Places providing luxurious or hedonistic living", Early 16th century: with biblical allusion to the fleshpots of Egypt (Exod. 16:3).[fleshpots etymology, fleshpots origin, 英语词源]
fluxion: "A function corresponding to the rate of change of a variable quantity; a derivative", Late 17th century: from French, or from Latin flux- 'flowed', from the verb fluere.
fissiparous: "Inclined to cause or undergo division into separate parts or groups", Mid 19th century: from Latin fissus, past participle of findere 'split', on the pattern of viviparous.
fetoprotein: "A protein present in fetal serum; specifically (more fully alpha-fetoprotein) a glycoprotein which is the predominant serum protein of the fetus and can also be detected in amniotic fluid and maternal blood, in which an elevated level is associated with certain congenital abnormalities of the fetus, especially spina bifida and anencephaly; abbreviated AFP", 1960s. From fetus + -o- + protein, after Russian fetoprotein, itself after French foeto-protéine.
fidus Achates: "A faithful friend or devoted follower", Latin, literally 'faithful Achates' (see Achates).
fyrd: "The English militia before 1066", Old English, of Germanic origin; related to German Fahrt, also to fare.
fecundate: "Fertilize", Mid 17th century: from Latin fecundat- 'made fruitful', from the verb fecundare, from fecundus 'fruitful'.
fatidic: "Having a prophetic quality", Mid 17th century: from Latin fatidicus, from fatum 'fate' + -dicus (from dicere 'say').
fruticose: "(Of a lichen) having upright or pendulous branches", Mid 17th century: from Latin fruticosus, from frutex, frutic- 'bush, shrub'.
fructuous: "Full of or producing a great deal of fruit", Late Middle English: from Latin fructuosus, from fructus 'fruit'.
fasciated: "Showing abnormal fusion of parts or organs, resulting in a flattened ribbon-like structure", Mid 18th century (in the sense 'banded'): from Latin fasciatus (past participle of fasciare 'swathe', from fascia 'band') + -ed¹.
fluviatile: "Of, found in, or produced by a river", Late 16th century: from French, from Latin fluviatilis, from fluviatus 'moistened', from fluvius 'river'.
fruitarian: "A person who eats only fruit", Late 19th century: from fruit, on the pattern of vegetarian.
fingerling: "A salmon parr", Early 18th century: from finger (with reference to its transverse dusky bars) + -ling.
fibrous dysplasia: "Replacement of a localized area of one or more bones by fibrous tissue, probably resulting from a developmental disorder and often as part of a syndrome, and usually associated with some degree of pain together with deformity and fragility of the affected bone or bones", 1930s.
felix culpa: "(In Christian theology) the sin of Adam viewed as fortunate, because it brought about the blessedness of the Redemption", Latin, literally 'happy fault'.
fumaric acid: "A crystalline acid, isomeric with maleic acid, present in fumitory and many other plants", Mid 19th century: fumaric from modern Latin Fumaria 'fumitory' + -ic.
favourite: "Preferred to all others of the same kind", Late 16th century (as a noun): from obsolete French favorit, from Italian favorito, past participle of favorire 'to favour', from Latin favor (see favour).
fisc: "The public treasury of Rome or the emperor’s privy purse", Late 16th century: from French, or from Latin fiscus 'rush basket, purse, treasury'.
ferriferous: "Producing or yielding iron; containing iron compounds or ore", Late 18th cent.; earliest use found in Richard Kirwan (1733–1812), chemist and mineralogist. From ferri- + -ferous, originally rendering Swedish järnhaltig.