-nasty
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Nastic response or change:
感性：感性的反应或变化：
epinasty.
偏上性
语源
- Greek nastos [pressed down] * see nastic
希腊语 nastos [压，按] *参见 nastic - -y 2
-y2
-nasty
combining form in countable noun
indicating a nastic movement to a certain stimulus
⇒
nyctinasty
Derived Forms
-nastic combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from Greek nastos pressed down, close-pressed-nasty
Word Origin
1
a combining form with the meaning “nastic pressure,” of the kind or in the direction specified by the initial element:
hyponasty.
Origin
< Greek nast(ós) pressed close (see nastic) + -y3
-nastya word element indicating irregularity of cellular growth because of some pressure.
[Greek nastos squeezed together + -y3]-nas·ty
\ˌnastē, -aas-, -ti\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: German -nastie, from Greek nastos close-pressed, firm + German -ie -y
: nastic movement of a plant part in a (specified) direction, of a (specified) kind, or resulting from a (specified) class of stimulus
< epinasty >
< nyctinasty >
< thermonasty >
< epinasty >
< nyctinasty >
< thermonasty >
-nasty
Suffix
- botany relating to a nastic change