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oenology [oenology 词源字典]: oenology: see wine
[oenology etymology, oenology origin, 英语词源]
phrenology: phrenology: see frantic
irenology (n.): "study of peace," 1974, from Greek eirene "peace" + -ology. Related: Irenological.
oenology (n.): 1827, from oeno- "wine" + -logy. Related: Oenological; oenologist.
penology (n.): "study of punishment and crime prevention," 1838, coined apparently by Francis Lieber, corresponding member of the Philadephia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, from pen- as in penitentiary (ultimately from Latin poena "penalty, punishment;" see penal) + -ology "study of." Related: Penologist; penological.
phenology (n.): "study of the influence of climate on recurring natural phenomena," 1881, from German (phänologisch, Karl Fritsch, 1853) from Latin phaeno-, from Greek phaino-, from phainein "to show" (see phantasm) + -logy. Related: Phenological (1875).
phenomenology (n.): 1797, from German Phänomenologie, used as the title of the fourth part of the "Neues Organon" of German physicist Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728-1777), coined from Greek phainomenon (see phenomenon) + -logia (see -logy). Psychological sense, especially in Gestalt theory, is from 1930. Related: Phenomenological.
phrenology (n.): 1815, literally "mental science," from phreno- + -logy "study of." Applied to the theory of mental faculties originated by Gall and Spurzheim that led to the 1840s mania for reading personality clues in the shape of one's skull and the "bumps" of the head. Related: Phrenological; phrenologist.
xenology: "(Chiefly in science fiction) the scientific study of alien biology, cultures, etc", 1950s: from Greek xenos 'stranger, foreigner', (adjective) 'strange'.