TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYBOTISM»
The term «sybotism» is used very little and occupies the
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5 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYBOTISM»
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1
The Chambers Dictionary
n sybotism (sib1 3-ti:m). [Gr sybotes swineherd, from sys swine, and boskein to
feed, tend] sycamine sik'*-min, (Bible) n the mulberry-tree. [Gr sykamlnos, of
Semitic origin, influenced by sykon a fig] sycamore sik'j-mor or -mm, n a kind of fig
-tree ...
2
-Ologies & -isms: A Thematic Dictionary
organologic, organological, adj. sybotism Rare. the business and art of raising
swine. taxidermy the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of animals
so that they appear lifelike. — taxidermist, n. ~\ theriomancy a form of divination ...
Laurence Urdang, Howard G. Zettler, Charles Hoequist, 1981
3
Shakespeare's The Tempest: With Introduction, Notes, Etc., ...
... with frost or cold. 258. “ Sycorax." The derivation of this word is unknown. Might
it not be a compound of the Greek o'69, a swine (which appears as sy in the
words sybotic and sybotism), and I xopag a raven, so called from its curved beak
(of.
William Shakespeare, Stanley Wood, A. Syms-Wood, 190
... bird or animal. stirpiculture selective breeding to develop strains with particular
characteristics. — stirpicultural, adj. sybotism Rare, the business and art of
raising swine. taxidermy the art of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins 16.
Laurence Urdang, Anne Ryle, Tanya H. Lee, 1986
(Amadeus). This classic work is perhaps Bernstein's finest collection of conversations on the meaning and wonder of music.
