mermaidism

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The condition of being a mermaid. uncountable
    — There is an understanding that differences of culture, faith, and traditions can create barriers to a successful relationship. And since Prince Eric cannot 'convert' to mermaidism, she converts.
  2. A love of or obsession with mermaid lore and paraphernalia. uncountable
    — Really it was time to put an end to lunch picnics and mermaidism.
  3. The belief in mermaids as real creatures. uncountable
    — The Miscellany of Natural History would have been a more appropriate title,—for what romance can be found in the absurdities of mermaidism or in the “self-immured,” to wit, “Mr. Bartlett's toad, Mr. Bree's toad, Mr. Smith's toad, Mr. Clark's toad," and the toads of other respectable gentlemen.
  4. Synonym of sirenomelia. uncountable
    — There is either elephantiasis or dropsy of the left leg, and some disease or accident has resulted in a sort of mermaidism of the right.
  5. The condition of being partly one thing and partly another; hybridism. uncountable
    — But, furthermore, the true Revival of pure Religion, is meeting at this day a still more fearful obstacle, in the system of go-betweenity or theological mermaidism, which has arisen out of the ashes of old defunct infidelity, and is boasting its able champions.

词源

From mermaid + -ism.
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