testaceotheology
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
-
The "theology of shellfish", or the study of divine or spiritual significance attributed to shellfish, such as clams, oysters, and other mollusks.
— Friedrich-Christian Lesser’s Théologie des insectes appeared in two French translation, in 1742 and 1745. But there were not only insects, and the material was inexhaustible: a Lithotheology, a Testaceotheology, a Petinotheology, and an Ichthyotheology all appeared. What had begun as a pious intention became a bookselling enterprise.
词源
From the stem of Latin testāceus (“shelled”) + -o- + theology.
0 次浏览
数据来源: Wiktionary