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• deletorious (now proscribed)

語源

Borrowed (1640s, 1582 as deletorious) from Medieval Latin deleterius, deletorius, from Ancient Greek δηλητήριος (dēlētḗrios, “noxious, deleterious”), from δηλητήρ (dēlētḗr, “a destroyer”), from δηλέομαι (dēléomai, “I hurt, damage, spoil, waste”).^[1]

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛlɪˈtɪəɹi.əs/, /ˌdɪlɪˈtɪəɹi.əs/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛləˈtɪɹi.əs/
• 韻: -ɪəɹiəs

形容詞

deleterious (comparative more deleterious, superlative most deleterious)

1. Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.

   Synonyms: destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious, noxious, pernicious; see also Thesaurus:harmful

   deleterious effects

   deleterious to someone's health

   • 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “chapter XV”, in The Scarlet Letter:

     Or might it suffice him, that every wholesome growth should be converted into something deleterious and malignant at his touch?

   • 1946 May and June, J. G. Holmes, “The North Woolwich Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 176:

     A trolleybus service was established by the London Passenger Transport Board between North Woolwich and Stratford on February 6, 1938, and had a deleterious effect on railway passenger traffic.

   • 2017 September, Jean M. Twenge, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     The advent of the smartphone and its cousin the tablet was followed quickly by hand-wringing about the deleterious effects of “screen time.” But the impact of these devices has not been fully appreciated, and goes far beyond the usual concerns about curtailed attention spans.

2. (genetics) Having lower fitness.

派生語

• deleteriously
• deleteriousness

関連する語

• delete
• deletion
• deletory

参照

Further reading

• deleterious at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “deleterious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “deleterious”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.