different between besequined vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

be- +? sequined

Adjective

besequined (comparative more besequined, superlative most besequined)

1. Wearing or decorated with sequins.
   • 1992, "Which Elvis goes on stamp", The Milwaukee Sentinel, 26 February 1992:

     It may be painful to remember that the latter day Elvis, he of the Las Vegas leer, became a besequined Jabba the Hutt, a virtual caricature of himself.

   • 2009, Carolyn McCarthy, Chile and Easter Island, Lonely Planet (2009), ?ISBN, page 108:

     Although much of Chilean theater revolves around the besequined, tassel-toting showgirls that star in so-called comedias musicales, […]

   • 2012, Frank Deford, Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter, Atlantic Monthly Press (2012), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Generally, though, it has been the besequined figure-skating dolls who have most often been permitted to revel in their sexuality.

Synonyms

• sequined

Anagrams

• Bidenesque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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