zoophytish, adj.

zoophytish
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# † zoophytishadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoophytish mean?

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

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1880s.

### Where does the adjective zoophytish come from?

Earliest known use

1850s

The earliest known use of the adjective zoophytish is in the 1850s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoophytish is from 1854, in Chambers's Journal.

### Nearby entries

1. zoophilous, adj. 1881–
2. zoophily, n. 1830–
3. zoophobia, n. 1888–
4. zoophysical, adj. 1820–
5. zoophysics, n. 1887–
6. zoophysiology, n. 1803–
7. zoophytal, adj. 1756–
8. zoophyte, n. 1606–
9. zoophytic, adj. 1808–
10. zoophytical, adj. 1779–
11. zoophytish, adj.1854–80
12. zoophytist, n. 1814–62
13. zoophytography, n. 1735–1905
14. zoophytoid, adj. 1854–83
15. zoophytological, adj. 1823–
16. zoophytologist, n. 1835–
17. zoophytology, n. 1815–
18. zoophyton, n. 1601–
19. zooplankter, n. 1935–
20. zooplanktivore, n. 1972–
21. zooplanktivorous, adj. 1971–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete. Biology.

1. 1854–80
   Characteristic of or resembling a zoophyte.
   1. 1854

      > When every marshy valley was the home of some human reptile or zoophytish monster.

      Chambers's Journal 28 October 280/1
   2. 1880

      > The pure ‘Pickwick’ character, surrounded by metropolitan contentions would speedily lapse into mere zoophytish nonentity.

      J. C. Watt, Great Novelists 190
   invertebrates
   1. zoophytish 1854–80
      Characteristic of or resembling a zoophyte.
   2. zoophytoid 1854–83
      Characteristic of or resembling a zoophyte; relating to zoophytes.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zoophyte, n.

zoophyte, n. was revised in June 2017.