zygostatical, adj.

zygostatical
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# † zygostaticaladjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zygostatical mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zygostatical. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the mid 1600s.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the adjective zygostatical come from?

Earliest known use

mid 1600s

The only known use of the adjective zygostatical is in the mid 1600s.

OED's only evidence for zygostatical is from 1656, in the writing of Thomas Blount, antiquary and lexicographer.

### Nearby entries

1. zygosity, n. 1952–
2. zygosome, n. 1905–
3. zygosperm, n. 1880–
4. zygosphenal, adj. 1854–
5. zygosphene, n. 1854–
6. zygosphere, n. 1880–
7. zygospondyline, adj. 1892–
8. zygospore, n. 1864–
9. zygosporic, adj. 1906–
10. zygostat, n. 1623
11. zygostatical, adj.1656
12. zygostyle, n. 1881–
13. zygote, n. 1891–
14. zygotene, n. 1911–
15. zygotic, adj. 1909–
16. -zygotic, comb. form
17. zygotically, adv. 1915–
18. zygotoblast, n. 1899–
19. zygotoid, n. 1891–
20. zygotomere, n. 1899–
21. -zygous, comb. form

## Meaning & use

Obsolete rare.

1. 1656
   See zygostat n.
   Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
   1. 1656

      > Zygostatical..belonging to the pound weight of Sixteen ounces, or to a Clark of a Market that looks to weights.

      T. Blount, Glossographia

Originally published as part of the entry for zygostat, n.

zygostat, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.