animalculist
/anɪˈmalkjʊlɪst/
构词拆解
-ist
后缀
- -ist
- Added to words to form nouns denoting:
词源说明
From animalcule + -ist.
释义
名词noun
- 1historicalA believer in the theory that the embryo exists preformed within the spermatozoon; a proponent of animalculism. [from 18th c.]
- 2obsoleteSomeone who studies animalcules. [19th c.]
形容词adjective
- 1historicalPertaining to animalculism. [from 19th c.]