zoonomichttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoonomic_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoonomic, adj.
Revised 2017

zoonomicadjective

Now historical.
  1. 1836–
    Of or relating to zoonomy; = zoonomical adj.
    1. 1836
      Man from the primitive embryonic point..runs through all the steps of the zoonomic scale [French la série zoonomique].
      R. Dunglison, translation of J. J. Virey in American Journal of Medical Science May 169
    2. 1898
      In the zoönomic realm all other forces of nature coöperate with the forces of animal life to accomplish motility.
      J. W. Powell, Truth & Error xii. 174
    3. 1911
      The morphological characters most useful in distinguishing types of physical race are not necessarily of zoonomic interest.
      B. Seal in G. Spiller, Papers on Inter-racial Probl. 4
    4. 1991
      The zoonomic speculations of Erasmus Darwin, the evolutionary studies of Cuvier and Lamarck.
      H. de Almeida, Romantic Medicine & John Keats 4

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

zoonomic, adj. was revised in June 2017.

zoonomic, adj. was last modified in December 2024.