1886 Jrnl. R.Microsc. Soc. 964The second kind of cell is, in consequence of its colour, called the ‘*œnocyth’; these were found arranged in groups, or were very small, or formed rows, or plexiform plates or larger complexes or plates.
1891 Ibid. 587Prof. V. Graber discusses the complex tissue found in the body-cavity of most insects. It includes..the yellow ‘œnocytes’, which Wielowiejski finds to be usually arranged in segmental groups.
1970 Nature 7 Nov. 581/1 Oenocytes, sometimes called abdominal endocrine glands, are the cells most probably interacting with the prothoracic glands in the control of moulting.
1925 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. i. 125The leucocytes exist in several forms and four types..are recognized by Hollande..as being present in most insects... These are—(1) Proleucocytes... (2) Phagocytes... (3) Granular leucocytes... (4) *Œnocytoids.
1969 R. F. Chapman Insects xxxiii. 676Oenocytoids are found in Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and some Diptera and Heteroptera.
1974 Nature 29 Nov. 391/2 Five cell types were identified in the haemolymph of G mellonella; prohaemocytes, plasmatocytes, granular cells, spherule cells and oenocytoids. [ alleria]
1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt (1875) 275Inflated with *œnogen gas, or, in other words, with the fumes of wine.
1866–77 Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 178*Œnolin.
1824 Blackw. Mag. XVI. 12The different branches of *oinological science.
1887 Pall Mall G. 13 July 5/1 The Oinological and Pomological Academy for the scientific culture of the future cultivators.
1894 Thudichum WinesPref. 7French œnological literature..includes many works of interest and importance.
1865 Sat. Rev. 12 Aug. 215/1Our medical *œnologist.
1894 National Observer 6 Jan. 194/2 The genuine œnologist, as Dr. Thudichum calls him.
1814 Sch. gd. Living 196His *œnology of British wines.
1865 Sat. Rev. 12 Aug. 215/1To give, not milk, but strong drink to the babes in œnology.
1652 Gaule Magastrom. 165*Oinomancy, divining by wine.
1842 Brande Dict. Sc. ,Œnomancy.
1880 Webster Suppl. ,*Œnomania.
1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 871Dipsomania or oinomania is a form of recurrent mania attended with impulsive drunkenness.
1857 J. Miller Alcohol (1858) 20A lady who had become a frightful *oinomaniac.
1874 Bucknill & Tuke Psych. Med. (ed. 3) 293The thirst for drink..blindly leads the oinomaniac to a course against which his reason and his conscience alike rebel.
1930 New Statesman 28 June 366/1 Professor Saintsbury, an *oenophile who is free from the snobbish contempt his kind affect for whisky.
1961 C. Willock Death in Covert iii. 68This man, who described himself as an oenophil, believed that wine was the only fit alcoholic drink.
1962 Punch 6 June 869/2 For not-too-adventurous oenophiles I commend Ice Peach Wine.
1969 New Scientist 13 Feb. 357/2 Scientific oenophiles would not need the sometimes drastic oversimplification of scientific matters.
1976 Times 5 May 16/8 British Transport Hotels invited distinguished oenophiles to sip and sniff their way through a representative selection of English wines.
1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 778/2Merely a salon volume designed for presentation to *oenophilic friends.
1859 Thackeray Virgin. xxxi,Are the Vegetarians to bellow ‘Cabbage for ever’? and may we modest *Œnophilists not sing the praises of our favourite plant?
1893 Symonds In the Key of Blue 37Those surprises which reward the diligent œnophilist in Italy.
1867 Blackw. Mag. CII. 209The English and American *oinophobists.
1894 Thudichum WinesPref. 8The work of B. A. Lenoir consists of a first viticultural and a second *œnopoetic part.
1857 Mayne Expos. Lex. ,*Œnothionic.
œno-
Prefix
- Alternative spelling of oeno-
Etymology
From Ancient Greek: οἶνος (oînos, “wine”).