zoologicadjective
Factsheet
What does the adjective zoologic mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoologic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adjective zoologic?
| 1770 | 0.0046 |
| 1780 | 0.0044 |
| 1790 | 0.0041 |
| 1800 | 0.0036 |
| 1810 | 0.0031 |
| 1820 | 0.0034 |
| 1830 | 0.0043 |
| 1840 | 0.0046 |
| 1850 | 0.0061 |
| 1860 | 0.0065 |
| 1870 | 0.0091 |
| 1880 | 0.012 |
| 1890 | 0.012 |
| 1900 | 0.013 |
| 1910 | 0.014 |
| 1920 | 0.014 |
| 1930 | 0.015 |
| 1940 | 0.013 |
| 1950 | 0.011 |
| 1960 | 0.0088 |
| 1970 | 0.0079 |
| 1980 | 0.0068 |
| 1990 | 0.0054 |
| 2000 | 0.0041 |
| 2010 | 0.0034 |
How is the adjective zoologic pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adjective zoologic come from?
Earliest known use
mid 1700s
The earliest known use of the adjective zoologic is in the mid 1700s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoologic is from 1766, in the writing of Thomas Pennant, naturalist, traveller, and writer.
zoologic is formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: zoology n., ‑ic suffix.
Nearby entries
- zooidogamous, adj.1891–
- zookeeper, n.1886–
- zookeeping, n.1929–
- Zookers, int.1620–
- Zooks, int.1600–
- zoolater, n.1876–
- zoolatrous, adj.1876–
- zoolatry, n.1784–
- zoolite, n.1768–
- zoologer, n.1663–
- zoologic, adj.1766–
- zoological, adj. & n.1686–
- zoological garden, n.1827–
- zoologically, adv.1799–
- zoologico-, comb. form
- zoologico-archaeologist, n.1864
- zoologist, n.1663–
- zoologize, v.1830–
- zoologizing, n.1815–
- zoology, n.1663–
- zoom, n.1917–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1766–= zoological adj. (in various senses).
- 1766
Many absurd stories have been raised about this fossil, which (as it bears but an imaginary relation to the eagle) must be omitted in a zoologic work.
T. Pennant, British Zoology ii. 62/2 - 1784
I never saw this [blue petrel], but it is mentioned by Mr. Ellis. I had omitted it in my zoologic part.
J. King, Cook's Voyage to Pacific vol. III. vi. vi. 356 - 1817
Zooscopic or Zoologic Physiurgics.
J. Bentham, Chrestomathia Part II 189 - 1850
As boys expend their zoölogic rage On annual tigers in a travelling cage.
J. G. Saxe, Poems 118 - 1852
That roses weep is a botanic fact; A zoologic truth, that birds woo flowers.
P. J. Bailey, Festus (ed. 5) 368 - 1908
There are several varieties of..transplantations according to the zoologic distance which separates the host and the owner of the transplanted tissue.
Journal of American Medical Association 14 November 1664/1 - 1992
Pielou compiled data from many sources (climatic, geologic, botanic, zoologic, and anthropologic).
Earth May 70/2 - 2012
Blood samples were collected from golden conures in 10 institutions..including six zoologic parks.
Avian Dis. vol. 56 701/2
- 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…
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
Forms
Variant forms
- 1700s–zoologic
- 1800s–1900szoölogic
Frequency
zoologic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zoologic is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zoologic, adj., 1770–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1770 | 0.0046 |
| 1780 | 0.0044 |
| 1790 | 0.0041 |
| 1800 | 0.0036 |
| 1810 | 0.0031 |
| 1820 | 0.0034 |
| 1830 | 0.0043 |
| 1840 | 0.0046 |
| 1850 | 0.0061 |
| 1860 | 0.0065 |
| 1870 | 0.0091 |
| 1880 | 0.012 |
| 1890 | 0.012 |
| 1900 | 0.013 |
| 1910 | 0.014 |
| 1920 | 0.014 |
| 1930 | 0.015 |
| 1940 | 0.013 |
| 1950 | 0.011 |
| 1960 | 0.0088 |
| 1970 | 0.0079 |
| 1980 | 0.0068 |
| 1990 | 0.0054 |
| 2000 | 0.0041 |
| 2010 | 0.0034 |
Compounds & derived words
- Forming adjectives with the sense ‘zoological and ——’.