zoologic, adj.

zoologic
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Revised 2017

# zoologicadjective

## Earlier version

- zoologic, a. in OED Second Edition (1989)

## 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?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

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

/ˌzuː(ə)ˈlɒdʒᵻk/
zoo-uh-LOJ-uhk
/ˌzəʊəˈlɒdʒɪk/
zoh-uh-LOJ-ik

#### U.S. English

/ˌzu(ə)ˈlɑdʒɪk/
zoo-uh-LAH-jick
/ˌzoʊəˈlɑdʒɪk/
zoh-uh-LAH-jick

### 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

1. zooidogamous, adj. 1891–
2. zookeeper, n. 1886–
3. zookeeping, n. 1929–
4. Zookers, int. 1620–
5. Zooks, int. 1600–
6. zoolater, n. 1876–
7. zoolatrous, adj. 1876–
8. zoolatry, n. 1784–
9. zoolite, n. 1768–
10. zoologer, n. 1663–
11. zoologic, adj.1766–
12. zoological, adj. & n. 1686–
13. zoological garden, n. 1827–
14. zoologically, adv. 1799–
15. zoologico-, comb. form
16. zoologico-archaeologist, n. 1864
17. zoologist, n. 1663–
18. zoologize, v. 1830–
19. zoologizing, n. 1815–
20. zoology, n. 1663–
21. zoom, n. 1917–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: zoology n., ‑ic suffix.
< zoology n. + ‑ic suffix; compare ‑logic comb. form.

Compare post-classical Latin zoologicus (1647 or earlier), French zoologique (1754), German zoologisch (1776 or earlier).

Compare earlier zoological adj.

## Meaning & use

1. 1766–
   = zoological adj. (in various senses).
   1. 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
   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
   3. 1817

      > Zooscopic or Zoologic Physiurgics.

      J. Bentham, Chrestomathia Part II 189
   4. 1850

      > As boys expend their zoölogic rage On annual tigers in a travelling cage.

      J. G. Saxe, Poems 118
   5. 1852

      > That roses weep is a botanic fact; A zoologic truth, that birds woo flowers.

      P. J. Bailey, Festus (ed. 5) 368
   6. 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
   7. 1992

      > Pielou compiled data from many sources (climatic, geologic, botanic, zoologic, and anthropologic).

      Earth May 70/2
   8. 2012

      > Blood samples were collected from golden conures in 10 institutions..including six zoologic parks.

      Avian Dis. vol. 56 701/2
   animals
   1. theriological 1653
      = theriologic, adj.
   2. zoological 1686–
      Of or relating to zoology; belonging or devoted to the scientific study of animals.
   3. theriologic 1697–
      Of or pertaining to the scientific study of beasts; zoological.
   4. zoologic 1766–
      = zoological, adj. (in various senses).
   5. zooscopic 1817–
      †a. Of or relating to the scientific study of animals; zoological (obsolete rare); b. Psychiatry designating a hallucination in which intimidating…
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzuː(ə)ˈlɒdʒᵻk/
zoo-uh-LOJ-uhk
/ˌzəʊəˈlɒdʒɪk/
zoh-uh-LOJ-ik

### U.S. English

/ˌzu(ə)ˈlɑdʒɪk/
zoo-uh-LAH-jick
/ˌzoʊəˈlɑdʒɪk/
zoh-uh-LAH-jick

####

##### 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.

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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.

####

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

1. 1700s–
   zoologic
2. 1800s–1900s
   zoölogic

## 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 data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### 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

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1. zoologico-, comb. form
   Forming adjectives with the sense ‘zoological and ——’.

zoologic, adj. was revised in June 2017.

zoologic, adj. was last modified in July 2023.