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suppletion [suppletion 词源字典]: "The occurrence of an unrelated form to fill a gap in a conjugation (e.g. went as the past tense of go)", Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin suppletio(n-), from supplere 'fill up, make full' (see supply¹).[suppletion etymology, suppletion origin, 英语词源]
sudoriferous: "(Of a gland) secreting sweat", Late 16th century (in the sense 'sudorific'): from late Latin sudorifer (from Latin sudor 'sweat') + -ous.
silviculture: "The growing and cultivation of trees", Late 19th century: from French sylviculture, from Latin silva 'wood' + French culture 'cultivation'.
steganography: "The practice of concealing messages or information within other non-secret text or data", Late 16th century: modern Latin steganographia, from Greek steganos 'covered'+ -graphy.
saxhorn: "A member of a family of brass instruments with valves and a funnel-shaped mouthpiece, used mainly in military and brass bands", From the name of Charles J. Sax (1791–1865) and his son Antoine-Joseph ‘Adolphe’ Sax (1814–94), Belgian instrument-makers, + horn.
sortilege: "The practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection", Late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin sortilegium 'sorcery', from Latin sortilegus 'sorcerer', from Latin sors, sort- 'lot, chance' + legere 'choose'.
siderite: "A brown mineral consisting of ferrous carbonate, occurring as the main component of some kinds of ironstone or as rhombohedral crystals in mineral veins", Late 16th century (denoting lodestone): from Greek sidēros 'iron' + -ite¹.
sangfroid: "Composure or coolness shown in danger or under trying circumstances", Mid 18th century: from French sang-froid, literally 'cold blood'.
Shangri-La: "A Tibetan utopia in James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon (1933)", From Shangri (an invented name) + Tibetan la 'mountain pass'.
solvate: "(Of a solvent) enter into reversible chemical combination with (a dissolved molecule, ion, etc.)", Early 20th century: formed irregularly from solve + -ate¹.
septenarius: "A verse line of seven feet, especially a trochaic or iambic tetrameter catalectic", Early 19th century: from Latin, from septeni 'in sevens', from septem 'seven'.
selenite: "A form of gypsum occurring as transparent crystals or thin plates", Mid 17th century: via Latin from Greek selēnitēs lithos 'moonstone', from selēnē 'moon' + lithos 'stone'.
splendent: "Shining brightly", Late 15th century: from Latin splendent- 'shining', from the verb splendere.
sabot: "A kind of simple shoe, shaped and hollowed out from a single block of wood, traditionally worn by French and Breton peasants", Early 17th century: French, blend of savate 'shoe' and botte 'boot'.
semi: "A semi-detached house", Early 20th century: abbreviation.
semilunar: "Shaped like a half-moon or crescent", Late Middle English: from medieval Latin semilunaris (see semi-, lunar).
sexto: "Attributive Designating a size or shape of paper produced by folding the original printing sheet to form six leaves, a page of this size or shape, or a book composed of such pages", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871), mathematician and historian. From classical Latin sextō, ablative singular of sextus sixth.
sexfoil: "(Especially in architecture) an ornamental design having six leaves or petals radiating from a common centre", Late 17th century: from sexi- 'six', on the pattern of words such as trefoil.
sexisyllable: "A word composed of six syllables", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in John Ogilvie (1797–1867), lexicographer.
sexdigitism: "The condition of having six fingers or toes; hexadactylism", Late 18th cent.; earliest use found in John Ash (1724–1779), lexicographer and grammarian. After French sexdigitisme.