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syconium [syconium 词源字典]: "A fleshy hollow receptacle that develops into a multiple fruit, as in the fig", Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek sukon 'fig'.[syconium etymology, syconium origin, 英语词源]
servitor: "A person who serves or attends on a social superior", Middle English: via Old French from late Latin, from servit- 'served', from the verb servire (see serve).
septuple: "Consisting of seven parts or elements", Early 17th century (as a verb): from late Latin septuplus, from Latin septem 'seven'.
sciophyte: "A plant that tolerates shade or grows best in shade; a shade plant", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in Frederic Edward Clements (1874–1945). From scio- + -phyte.
superorganism: "A group or association of organisms which behaves in some respect like a single organism; a complex system consisting of a large number of organisms which itself behaves as if it were an organic whole, as human society, an ecosystem, etc", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in William Edward Hearn (1826–1888), legal and economic writer.
statical: "Involving or relating to the measurement of weight or the use of a balance; = static. Now rare", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in John Dee (1527–1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary. From post-classical Latin staticus static + -al.
subangular: "Somewhat or slightly angular; having an obtuse angle", Late 18th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, traveller, and writer. From post-classical Latin subangularis from classical Latin sub- + angulāris.
sartorius: "A long, narrow muscle running obliquely across the front of each thigh from the hip bone to the inside of the leg below the knee", Early 18th century: modern Latin, from Latin sartor 'tailor' (because the muscle is used when adopting a cross-legged position, earlier associated with a tailor's sewing posture).
syphilophobia: "Irrational or excessive fear of becoming or being infected with syphilis; the delusional belief that one has syphilis; an instance of this", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robley Dunglison (1798–1869), physician and medical writer. In some forms from French syphiliphobie, with remodelling after words in -phobia.
sangoma: "(In southern Africa) a traditional healer or diviner", From Zulu isangoma.
saucier: "A chef who prepares sauces", French.
saudade: "(Especially with reference to songs or poetry) a feeling of longing, melancholy, or nostalgia that is supposedly characteristic of the Portuguese or Brazilian temperament", Portuguese.
screenager: "A person in their teens or twenties who has an aptitude for computers and the Internet", 1990s: blend of screen and teenager.
sexangular: "Having six angles or corners; = hexagonal 2", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Edward Topsell (d. 1625), Church of England clergyman and author. From post-classical Latin sexangularis hexagonal from classical Latin sexangulus + -āris. Compare earlier sexangled, sexangle.
selkie: "A mythical creature that resembles a seal in the water but assumes human form on land", From selch, variant of seal¹, + -ie. More seal from Old English:Rather than signing their name, people formerly stamped a personal seal in wax on a completed letter or other document. The expressions put the seal on, ‘to put the finishing touch to something’, and set your seal to, ‘to mark something with your own distinctive character’, both derive from this. To seal something off reflects the use of seals to check that something has not been opened or disturbed. In these and related uses, seal goes back to Latin sigillum ‘small picture’, from signum ‘a sign’, the source of design (late 16th century), designate (mid 17th century), ensign (Late Middle English), insignia (mid 17th century), sign (Middle English), signal (Late Middle English), scarlet, and numerous other English words. This seal dates from Middle English. The name of the animal seal derives from Old English seolh, the source also of the selkie or silkie (mid 16th century), the mysterious seal woman of folklore.
serac: "A pinnacle or ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier", Mid 19th century: from Swiss French sérac, originally the name of a compact white cheese.
shamal: "A hot, dry north-westerly wind blowing across the Persian Gulf in summer, typically causing sandstorms", Late 17th century: from Arabic šamāl 'north (wind)'.
shavetail: "A newly commissioned officer, especially a second lieutenant", Figuratively, from the early sense 'untrained pack animal' (identified by a shaven tail).
shippon: "A cattle shed", Old English scypen, of Germanic origin.
skelf: "A splinter or sliver of wood", Late Middle English (in the sense 'shelf'): probably from Middle Low German schelf; compare with shelf¹. sense 1 dates from the early 17th century.