zoo-organic, adj.

zoo-organic
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# † zoo-organicadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoo-organic mean?

There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective zoo-organic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1890s.

### Where does the adjective zoo-organic come from?

Earliest known use

1820s

The earliest known use of the adjective zoo-organic is in the 1820s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoo-organic is from 1821, in the writing of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet, critic, and philosopher.

### Nearby entries

1. zoonomic, adj. 1836–
2. zoonomical, adj. 1800–
3. zoonomist, n. 1800–99
4. zoonomy, n. 1800–
5. zoonosis, n. 1873–
6. zoonosologist, n. 1860–
7. zoonosology, n. 1845–
8. zoonotic, adj. 1877–
9. zoon politikon, n. 1895–
10. zoonters, int. a1763–
11. zoo-organic, adj.1821–90
12. zoopathologist, n. 1898–
13. zoopathology, n. 1841–
14. zoophagan, n. & adj. 1835–
15. zoophagic, adj. 1903–
16. zoophagous, adj. 1788–
17. zoophagy, n. 1849–
18. zoophile, n. 1885–
19. zoophilia, n. 1894–
20. zoophilic, adj. 1884–
21. zoophilism, n. 1867–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete rare.

1. 1821–90
   a. Of or relating to a life force or vital force; of or relating to animal magnetism; b. of or relating to chemical constituents of animal origin.
   1. 1821

      > Vital or zoo-organic power, instinct and understanding, fall all three under the same definition in genere.

      S. T. Coleridge, Letters (1895) vol. II. 712
   2. 1856

      > The Elementary Symmetry of Zoo-organic Forms.

      J. G. Macvicar, Elements Econ. Nature (ed. 2) xvii. 104 (heading)
   3. c1890

      > There is a subtle life-force in mankind and in animals to which the term Zoo-Organic or Animal Magnetism..has been used to distinguish.

      J. Coates, How to Mesmerise iii. 37
   animals
   1. bestial a1393–
      Of or relating to animals, esp. mammals or quadrupeds (as contrasted with humans); animal or mammalian in kind or nature. In early use…
   2. brutal?a1500–
      Of or belonging to the brutes, as opposed to man; of the nature of a brute; animal. Obsolete or archaic.
   3. bestially 1532
      Characterized by the unrestrained indulgence of physical or sensual desires or appetites, in a manner regarded as characteristic of an animal…
   4. animalic a1676–
      Of or belonging to animals; resembling (that of) an animal.
   5. zoo-organic 1821–90
      a. Of or relating to a life force or vital force; of or relating to animal magnetism; b. of or relating to chemical constituents of animal origin.
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   1. zoo-organic 1821–90
      a. Of or relating to a life force or vital force; of or relating to animal magnetism; b. of or relating to chemical constituents of animal origin.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

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