zooscopicadjective
Factsheet
What does the adjective zooscopic mean?
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective zooscopic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adjective zooscopic?
| 1810 | 0.0003 |
| 1820 | 0.0002 |
| 1830 | 0.0002 |
| 1840 | 0.0002 |
| 1850 | 0.0001 |
| 1860 | 0.0002 |
| 1870 | 0.0003 |
| 1880 | 0.0004 |
| 1890 | 0.0005 |
| 1900 | 0.0005 |
| 1910 | 0.0005 |
| 1920 | 0.0005 |
| 1930 | 0.0005 |
| 1940 | 0.0003 |
| 1950 | 0.0001 |
| 1960 | 0.0001 |
| 1970 | 0.0001 |
| 1980 | 0.00003 |
| 1990 | 0.00003 |
| 2000 | 0.00004 |
| 2010 | 0.00004 |
How is the adjective zooscopic pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adjective zooscopic come from?
Earliest known use
1810s
The earliest known use of the adjective zooscopic is in the 1810s.
OED's earliest evidence for zooscopic is from 1817, in the writing of Jeremy Bentham, philosopher, jurist, and reformer.
Nearby entries
- zooplankter, n.1935–
- zooplanktivore, n.1972–
- zooplanktivorous, adj.1971–
- zooplankton, n.1897–
- zooplanktonic, adj.1912–
- zooplastic, adj.a1855–
- zoopraxinoscope, n.1889–
- zoopraxiscope, n.1881–
- zoopraxography, n.1891–
- zoopsychology, n.1847–
- zooscopic, adj.1817–
- zooscopy, n.1891–
- zoosematic, adj.1898–1909
- zoosemiotics, n.1963–
- zoosophy, n.1662–1848
- zoosperm, n.1824–
- zoospermatic, adj.1845–79
- zoosporangiophore, n.1889–
- zoosporangium, n.1862–
- zoospore, n.1842–
- zoosporic, adj.1854–
Meaning & use
- 1817–† a. Of or relating to the scientific study of animals; zoological (obsolete rare); b. Psychiatry designating a hallucination in which intimidating animals are visualized; cf. zooscopy n.
- 1817
Zooscopic or Zoologic Physiurgics.
J. Bentham, Chrestomathia Part II 189 - 1890
This condition of zoöscopic hallucination is one of the commonest among the phenomena of alcohol poisoning.
Science vol. 15 43 - 1991
The visual hallucinations..are typically, as in delirium tremens, zooscopic in type with animals being visualized, often insects or rodents or snakes.
N. S. Miller, Pharmacol. Alcohol vii. 80
- theriological1653= theriologic, adj.
- zoological1686–Of or relating to zoology; belonging or devoted to the scientific study of animals.
- theriologic1697–Of or pertaining to the scientific study of beasts; zoological.
- zoologic1766–= zoological, adj. (in various senses).
- zooscopic1817–†a. Of or relating to the scientific study of animals; zoological (obsolete rare); b. Psychiatry designating a hallucination in which intimidating…
the world food and drink drink thirst excess in drinking [adjectives] suffering effects of excessive drinking suffering hallucinations- zooscopic1817–†a. Of or relating to the scientific study of animals; zoological (obsolete rare); b. Psychiatry designating a hallucination in which intimidating…
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
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
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.
View the pronunciation model here.
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
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.
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
Frequency
zooscopic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zooscopic 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 of zooscopic, adj., 1810–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1810 | 0.0003 |
| 1820 | 0.0002 |
| 1830 | 0.0002 |
| 1840 | 0.0002 |
| 1850 | 0.0001 |
| 1860 | 0.0002 |
| 1870 | 0.0003 |
| 1880 | 0.0004 |
| 1890 | 0.0005 |
| 1900 | 0.0005 |
| 1910 | 0.0005 |
| 1920 | 0.0005 |
| 1930 | 0.0005 |
| 1940 | 0.0003 |
| 1950 | 0.0001 |
| 1960 | 0.0001 |
| 1970 | 0.0001 |
| 1980 | 0.00003 |
| 1990 | 0.00003 |
| 2000 | 0.00004 |
| 2010 | 0.00004 |