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fibroma [fibroma 词源字典]: "A benign fibrous tumour of connective tissue", Mid 19th century: from Latin fibra (see fibre) + -oma.[fibroma etymology, fibroma origin, 英语词源]
French leave: "Absence from work or duty without permission", Mid 18th century: said to derive from the French custom of leaving a dinner or ball without saying goodbye to the host or hostess. The phrase was first recorded shortly after the Seven Years War; the equivalent French expression is filer à l'Anglaise, literally 'to escape in the style of the English'.
fossick: "Rummage; search", Mid 19th century (referring to mining): probably from the English dialect sense 'obtain by asking' (i.e. ‘ferret out’).
fid: "A square wooden or iron bar which takes the weight of a topmast stepped to a lower mast by being passed through holes in both masts", Early 17th century: of unknown origin.
facultative: "Occurring optionally in response to circumstances rather than by nature", Early 19th century: from French facultatif, -ive, from faculté (see faculty).
faraday: "A unit of electric charge equal to Faraday’s constant", Early 20th century: coined in German from the name of Faraday, Michael.
flacon: "A small stoppered bottle, especially one for perfume", Early 19th century: French, 'flask'.
fucoid: "A brown seaweed or fossil plant of a group to which bladderwrack belongs", Mid 19th century: from fucus + -oid.
facture: "The quality of the execution of a painting; an artist’s characteristic handling of the paint", Late Middle English (in the general sense 'construction, workmanship'): via Old French from Latin factura 'formation, manufacture', from facere 'do, make'. The current sense dates from the late 19th century.
fructification: "The process of fructifying", Late 15th century: from late Latin fructificatio(n-), from Latin fructificare 'fructify', from fructus 'fruit'.
foodaholic: "A person who has an obsession with food; specifically a compulsive eater", 1960s; earliest use found in American Speech. From food + -aholic. More work from Old English:Work is connected with the Greek word ergon, which is the source of energy (late 16th century), ergonomic [1950s], and surgeon. Wrought, meaning ‘made in a particular way’ and found in wrought iron (early 18th century), is the old past form of work, which people used where we now use worked. Wright, a common surname that means ‘maker’ and is found in words such as shipwright (Old English) and wheelwright (Middle English), is also closely related to work. The first workaholic was mentioned in 1968. Since then we have had chocaholics and shopaholics, but the first word to be formed in this way from alcoholic was foodaholic, in 1965. The dictum ‘Work expands so as to fill the time available’ is known as Parkinson's law. It was first expressed by Professor C. Northcote Parkinson in 1955. Much older is the proverb All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, which is first found in 1659. See also devil
florilegium: "A collection of literary extracts; an anthology", Early 17th century: modern Latin, literally 'bouquet' (from Latin flos, flor- 'flower' + legere 'gather'), translation of Greek anthologion (see anthology).
florilegium: "A collection of literary extracts; an anthology", Early 17th century: modern Latin, literally 'bouquet' (from Latin flos, flor- 'flower' + legere 'gather'), translation of Greek anthologion (see anthology).
fumarole: "An opening in or near a volcano, through which hot sulphurous gases emerge", Early 19th century: from obsolete Italian fumaruolo, from late Latin fumariolum 'vent, hole for smoke', a diminutive based on Latin fumus 'smoke'.
flimflam: "Nonsensical or insincere talk", Mid 16th century: symbolic reduplication.
flexitime: "A system of working a set number of hours with the starting and finishing times chosen within agreed limits by the employee", 1970s: blend of flexible and time.
fenestra: "A small natural hole or opening, especially in a bone. The mammalian middle ear is linked by the fenestra ovalis to the vestibule of the inner ear, and by the fenestra rotunda to the cochlea", Early 19th century (as a botanical term denoting a small scar left by the separation of the seed from the ovary): from Latin, literally 'window'.
feminal: "Relating to a woman", Late Middle English: from medieval Latin feminalis, from Latin femina 'woman'.
fives: "A game, played especially in the UK, in which a ball is hit with a gloved hand or a bat against the walls of a court with three walls ( Eton fives) or four walls ( Rugby fives)", Mid 17th century: plural of five used as a singular noun; the significance is unknown.
Frankenstein food: "Genetically modified food; (in early use also) irradiated food", 1980s; earliest use found in The Sunday Times.