zooscopy, n.

zooscopy
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Revised 2017

# zooscopynoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zooscopy mean?

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

### How is the noun zooscopy pronounced?

#### British English

/zuːˈɒskəpi/
zoo-OSS-kuh-pee
/zəʊˈɒskəpi/
zoh-OSS-kuh-pee

#### U.S. English

/zoʊˈɑskəpi/
zoh-AH-skuh-pee
/zuˈɑskəpi/
zoo-AH-skuh-pee

### Where does the noun zooscopy come from?

Earliest known use

1890s

The earliest known use of the noun zooscopy is in the 1890s.

OED's earliest evidence for zooscopy is from 1891, in Century Dictionary.

### Nearby entries

1. zooplanktivore, n. 1972–
2. zooplanktivorous, adj. 1971–
3. zooplankton, n. 1897–
4. zooplanktonic, adj. 1912–
5. zooplastic, adj. a1855–
6. zoopraxinoscope, n. 1889–
7. zoopraxiscope, n. 1881–
8. zoopraxography, n. 1891–
9. zoopsychology, n. 1847–
10. zooscopic, adj. 1817–
11. zooscopy, n.1891–
12. zoosematic, adj. 1898–1909
13. zoosemiotics, n. 1963–
14. zoosophy, n. 1662–1848
15. zoosperm, n. 1824–
16. zoospermatic, adj. 1845–79
17. zoosporangiophore, n. 1889–
18. zoosporangium, n. 1862–
19. zoospore, n. 1842–
20. zoosporic, adj. 1854–
21. zoosporous, adj. 1845–

## Etymology

Compare German Zooskopie (1891 or earlier in this sense).

## Meaning & use

Psychiatry.

1. 1891–
   A hallucination in which animals are visualized; a condition characterized by such hallucinations; cf. zooscopic adj.
   1. 1891

      > Zoöscopy, a kind of hallucination in which imaginary animal forms are perceived.

      Century Dictionary
   2. 1933

      > He was a chronic drinker, but had hitherto only exhibited the minor mental symptoms of alcoholism—nightmares, nocturnal zooscopy and neurasthenia.

      H. Devine, Recent Adv. Psychiatry (ed. 2) vi. 86
   3. 2013

      > Rational thought might ascribe these scenes—for which there is a term, zooscopy, a form of mental delusion in which the sufferer sees imaginary animals—to isolation and malnutrition.

      P. Hoare, Sea Inside ii. 89
   psychiatry

## Pronunciation

### British English

/zuːˈɒskəpi/
zoo-OSS-kuh-pee
/zəʊˈɒskəpi/
zoh-OSS-kuh-pee

### U.S. English

/zoʊˈɑskəpi/
zoh-AH-skuh-pee
/zuˈɑskəpi/
zoo-AH-skuh-pee

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.