Fortean英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A follower or admirer of Charles Fort.

— Stories about alligators in the sewers have been of particular interest, however, to Forteans (followers of Charles Fort). Forteans contend that many happenings derided by the official science of the Western world (falls of frogs from clear skies, the appearance of lake monsters, mystery beasts and so on) are genuine occurrences.
One who investigates anomalous phenomena.

— Not long afterwards, Fortean writer Paul Harris contacted me concerning this putative sea serpent, kindly supplying me with a couple of newspaper cuttings […] that contained photos of its remains, plus various additional details that he had gathered during his own investigation of this case.

形容词 adj.

Of or pertaining to anomalous phenomena.

— Ufology is a somewhat Fortean subject.
Of or pertaining to Charles Fort.

词形变化

Forteans plural more Fortean comparative most Fortean superlative fortean alternative

词源

词源 1

From Fort + -ean, named after Charles Hoy Fort (1874–1932), an American writer and investigator of anomalous phenomena. The word was coined by American journalist Ben Hecht (1894–1964) in a review of Fort’s book The Book of the Damned (1919) in the Chicago Daily News in 1920.

词源 2

From Fort + -ean, named after Charles Hoy Fort (1874–1932), an American writer and investigator of anomalous phenomena. The word was coined by American journalist Ben Hecht (1894–1964) in a review of Fort’s book The Book of the Damned (1919) in the Chicago Daily News in 1920.