Zeuxis-like, adj.

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Revised 2018

# Zeuxis-likeadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective Zeuxis-like mean?

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

### How common is the adjective Zeuxis-like?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1840 | 0.0005
1850 | 0.0006
1860 | 0.0007
1870 | 0.0006
1880 | 0.0006
1890 | 0.0005
1900 | 0.0005
1910 | 0.0004
1920 | 0.0002
1930 | 0.00006
1940 | 0.00004
1950 | 0.00001
1960 | 0.00001
1970 | 0.00001
1980 | 0.00002
1990 | 0.00003
2000 | 0.00003
2010 | 0.00004

### Where does the adjective Zeuxis-like come from?

Earliest known use

mid 1600s

The earliest known use of the adjective Zeuxis-like is in the mid 1600s.

OED's earliest evidence for Zeuxis-like is from 1665, in the writing of John Crowne, playwright.

### Nearby entries

1. zeugmatically, adv. 1616–
2. zeugmatogram, n. 1973–
3. zeugmatographic, adj. 1973–
4. zeugmatography, n. 1973–
5. zeunerite, n. 1873–
6. Zeus, n.¹ 1587–
7. Zeus, n.² 1601–
8. Zeus-like, adj. & adv. 1850–
9. Zeuxian, adj. 1635–
10. Zeuxis, n. 1577–
11. Zeuxis-like, adj.1665–
12. zeuxite, n. 1836–
13. zeze, n. 1860–
14. Zhdanovism, n. 1958–
15. Zhdanovist, adj. 1966–
16. Zhdanovite, adj. 1957–
17. zho, n. 1841–
18. zhomo, n. 1841–
19. zhuyin zimu, n. 1938–
20. zhuzh, n. 1968–
21. zhuzh, v. 1970–

## Etymology

Compare earlier Zeuxian adj.

## Meaning & use

1. 1665–
   Resembling or characteristic of Zeuxis or his art (see Zeuxis n.); cf. Zeuxian adj.
   Stressed as ˈZeuxis-like.
   1. 1665

      > His starry eyes..rowled to and fro in that Garden of Beauties, as if he, Zeuxis like, pickt out here and there a heavenly feature, to compose a Posie and mixture of all excellencies and perfections.

      J. Crowne, Pandion & Amphigenia i. 69
   2. 1850

      > A vase containing white lilies..painted with such Zeuxis-like skill, that birds..have been seen attempting to..peck the flowers.

      A. Jameson, Legends of Monastic Orders 299
   3. 1942

      > Nature was still his subject—but a nature no longer akin to the idea of a generalized form derived from a Zeuxis-like selection.

      Burlington Magazine February 36/2
   4. 2005

      > They [sc. portraits] also were perceived to incorporate a Zeuxis-like deceptively magical replication of reality.

      M. M. Lovell, Art in Season of Revol. iii. 58
   visual arts
   1. Zeuxian 1635–
      Of, relating to, or characteristic of Zeuxis or his art (see Zeuxis, n.); esp. characterized by a high level of realism, or by the combination of…
   2. Zeuxis-like 1665–
      Resembling or characteristic of Zeuxis or his art (see Zeuxis, n.); cf. Zeuxian, adj.
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## Frequency

Zeuxis-like typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

Zeuxis-like is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of Zeuxis-like, adj., 1840–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
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1840 | 0.0005
1850 | 0.0006
1860 | 0.0007
1870 | 0.0006
1880 | 0.0006
1890 | 0.0005
1900 | 0.0005
1910 | 0.0004
1920 | 0.0002
1930 | 0.00006
1940 | 0.00004
1950 | 0.00001
1960 | 0.00001
1970 | 0.00001
1980 | 0.00002
1990 | 0.00003
2000 | 0.00003
2010 | 0.00004

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

Zeuxis, n. was revised in June 2018.