gnathonic

形容词 adj.
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英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Deceitful and flattering; toadying. obsolete
    — That Jack's is somewhat of a gnathonic and parasitic soul, or stomach, all Bideford apple-women know: […]

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词源

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Gnathōnicus, from Gnathō (genitive Gnathōnis), name of a parasitical character in the Eunuchus of Terence. Gnathō is from Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”), used in the genitive γνάθου (gnáthou, “of a jaw”) to mean “greedy”; hence, a parasite in general.
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