different between cacodaemoniacal vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• cacodemoniacal

Etymology

From cacodemoniac +? -al.

Adjective

cacodaemoniacal (comparative more cacodaemoniacal, superlative most cacodaemoniacal)

1. Demonic; evil.
   • 1921, HP Lovecraft, ‘The Nameless City’:

     I have said that the fury of the rushing blast was infernal — cacodaemoniacal — and that its voices were hideous with the pent-up viciousness of desolate eternities.

Quotations

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Related terms

• cacodaemonical
• cacodaemon
• daemonic
• daemon

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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