different between brainsick vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

brain +? sick

Adjective

brainsick (comparative more brainsick, superlative most brainsick)

1. Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless.
   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act IV, Scene 1,^[1]

     Good Lord, what madness rules in brainsick men,

     When for so slight and frivolous a cause

     Such factious emulations shall arise!

   • 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,^[2]

     Come vnckle, let vs leaue the brainsick king,

     And henceforth parle with our naked swords.

Derived terms

• brainsickly
• brainsickness

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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