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polariscope [polariscope 词源字典]: "Another term for polarimeter", Early 19th century: from medieval Latin polaris 'polar' + -scope.[polariscope etymology, polariscope origin, 英语词源]
peach Melba: "A dessert of ice cream and peaches with Melba sauce", Named after Dame Nellie Melba (see Melba, Dame Nellie).
parishad: "A council or assembly", From Sanskrit, from pari 'around' + sad- 'sit'.
psittacosis: "A contagious disease of birds, caused by chlamydiae and transmissible (especially from parrots) to human beings as a form of pneumonia", Late 19th century: from Latin psittacus 'parrot' + -osis.
paraselene: "A bright spot in the sky similar to a parhelion but formed by moonlight", Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek para- 'beside' + selēnē 'moon'.
pelican crossing: "(In the UK) a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights operated by pedestrians", 1960s: pelican from pe(destrian) li(ght) con(trolled), altered to conform with the bird's name.
pavane: "A stately dance in slow duple time, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries and performed in elaborate clothing", Mid 16th century: from French pavane, from Italian pavana, feminine adjective from Pavo, dialect name of Padua.
parky: "Chilly", Late 19th century: of unknown origin.
pinna: "The external part of the ear in humans and other mammals; the auricle", Late 18th century: modern Latin, from a variant of Latin penna 'feather, wing, fin'.
pelite: "A sediment or sedimentary rock composed of very fine clay or mud particles", Late 19th century: from Greek pēlos 'clay, mud' + -ite¹.
pethidine: "A synthetic compound used as a painkilling drug, especially for women in labour", 1940s: from p(iper)idine (from which the drug is derived), with the insertion of eth(yl).
pyknic: "Relating to or denoting a stocky physique with a rounded body and head, thickset trunk, and a tendency to fat", 1920s: from Greek puknos 'thick' + -ic. The word was first used by the German psychiatrist, Ernst Kretschmer (1888–1964), in his tripartite classification of human types (the other two being asthenic and athletic).
PhD: "Doctor of Philosophy", From Latin philosophiae doctor.
petrichor: "A pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather", 1960s: blend of petro- 'relating to rocks' (the smell is believed to be caused by a liquid mixture of organic compounds which collects in the ground) and ichor.
phaeochrome: "= chromaffin", Early 20th cent. From German phäochrom from ancient Greek ϕαιός + German -chrom.
phaeochromocytoma: "A tumour consisting of chromaffin cells, typically arising in the adrenal medulla and producing catecholamines", 1920s. From phaeochromocyte + -oma, after German Phäochromocytom.
pneumorrhagia: "Haemorrhage in the lung; haemoptysis", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robley Dunglison (1798–1869), physician and medical writer.
pyrology: "The science of fire or heat; specifically the branch of chemistry concerned with the properties and (especially analytical) use of fire", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Historia Litteraria. From pyro- + -logy, after post-classical Latin pyrologia.
psephite: "A coarse-grained breccia, conglomerate, or similar sedimentary rock; (in later use) specifically such a rock after metamorphic alteration", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Henry Thomas De la Beche (1796–1855), geologist. From ancient Greek ψῆϕος pebble, round stone + -ite, after French psêfite.
premade: "That has been prepared or created beforehand", 1950s; earliest use found in PMLA. From pre- + made.