zootomic, adj.

zootomic
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Revised 2017

# zootomicadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zootomic mean?

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

### How common is the adjective zootomic?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1800 | 0.0003
1810 | 0.0004
1820 | 0.0003
1830 | 0.0003
1840 | 0.0003
1850 | 0.0003
1860 | 0.0003
1870 | 0.0003
1880 | 0.0002
1890 | 0.0002
1900 | 0.0003
1910 | 0.0002
1920 | 0.0001
1930 | 0.0001
1940 | 0.0001
1950 | 0.0001
1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.00007
1980 | 0.00007
1990 | 0.00008
2000 | 0.00009
2010 | 0.00009

### How is the adjective zootomic pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzuː(ə)ˈtɒmɪk/
zoo-uh-TOM-ik
/ˌzəʊəˈtɒmɪk/
zoh-uh-TOM-ik

#### U.S. English

/ˌzu(ə)ˈtɑmɪk/
zoo-uh-TAH-mick
/ˌzoʊəˈtɑmɪk/
zoh-uh-TAH-mick

### Where does the adjective zootomic come from?

Earliest known use

1800s

The earliest known use of the adjective zootomic is in the 1800s.

OED's earliest evidence for zootomic is from 1801, in Anti-Jacobin Rev. & Magazine.

zootomic is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: zootomy n., ‑ic suffix.

### Nearby entries

1. zootechnics, n. 1863–
2. zootechny, n. 1841–
3. zootheca, n. 1852–
4. zoothecium, n. 1880–
5. zootheism, n. 1879–
6. zootheist, n. 1879–
7. zootheistic, adj. 1879–
8. zoothome, n. 1872–
9. zootic, adj. 1816–
10. zootokon, n. 1661
11. zootomic, adj.1801–
12. zootomical, adj. 1799–
13. zootomically, adv. 1849–
14. zootomist, n. 1663–
15. zootomy, n. 1663–
16. zootoxin, n. 1906–
17. zootrophy, n. 1877–
18. zoot suit, n. 1942–
19. zoot-suited, adj. 1942–
20. zoot-suiter, n. 1942–
21. zooty, adj. 1942–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: zootomy n., ‑ic suffix.
< zootomy n. + ‑ic suffix.

Compare post-classical Latin zootomicus (1679 or earlier as noun, 1720 or earlier as adjective).

Compare earlier zootomical adj.

## Meaning & use

Now historical and rare.

1. 1801–
   Of or relating to zootomy; = zootomical adj.
   1. 1801

      > The second treatise, on the method of comparative Anatomy and Physiology, is followed by remarks on a Literary Zootomic Rarity.

      Anti-Jacobin Rev. & Magazine December 464
   2. 1844

      > I directed my attention to it in making some recent zootomic investigations.

      Veterinarian vol. 17 205
   3. 1896

      > Extrinsic toponyms.., e.g. posterior and anterior, superior and inferior, and their derivatives, compounds, and abbreviations, should have significations zoötomic rather than anthropotomic.

      Journal of Comparative Neurology vol. 6 279
   4. 1913

      > One of our younger distinguished medical men has, while engaged in zootomic research on the skerries near Stockholm, discovered a new species of the family Clypeaster.

      E. Schleussner, translation of A. Strindberg, Red Room xxvi. 294
   5. 1970

      > Boeck..founded both the zootomic museum and the physiological collection.

      Hist. Med. Education (UCLA Forum Med. Science) 295
   animals historical
   1. zootomical 1799–
      Of or relating to zootomy (comparative or animal anatomy).
   2. zootomic 1801–
      Of or relating to zootomy; = zootomical, adj.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzuː(ə)ˈtɒmɪk/
zoo-uh-TOM-ik
/ˌzəʊəˈtɒmɪk/
zoh-uh-TOM-ik

### U.S. English

/ˌzu(ə)ˈtɑmɪk/
zoo-uh-TAH-mick
/ˌzoʊəˈtɑmɪk/
zoh-uh-TAH-mick

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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.

View the pronunciation model here.

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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

## Forms

### Variant forms

See zootomy n. and ‑ical suffix.

## Frequency

zootomic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zootomic 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 zootomic, adj., 1800–2010

* 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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1800 | 0.0003
1810 | 0.0004
1820 | 0.0003
1830 | 0.0003
1840 | 0.0003
1850 | 0.0003
1860 | 0.0003
1870 | 0.0003
1880 | 0.0002
1890 | 0.0002
1900 | 0.0003
1910 | 0.0002
1920 | 0.0001
1930 | 0.0001
1940 | 0.0001
1950 | 0.0001
1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.00007
1980 | 0.00007
1990 | 0.00008
2000 | 0.00009
2010 | 0.00009

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

zootomic, adj. was revised in June 2017.

zootomic, adj. was last modified in July 2023.