perispirit

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A layer of an abstract, ethereal material that is said by spiritualists to serve as the bond between one's spirit and physical body. countable,uncountable

词形变化

perispirits plural perisprit alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der.
English peri-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?
Latin spīrō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin spīritus
Old French espiritbor.
Middle English spirit
English spirit
English perispirit
From peri- + spirit.
In Allan Kardec's 1857 book The Spirits Book (Le Livre des Esprits in original French), the term is defined with a direct analogy to perisperm (“layer of nutritive tissue that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms”).
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