different between moonly vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Middle English monelich, from Old English m?nl?? (“lunar”), equivalent to moon +? -ly.

Adjective

moonly (comparative more moonly, superlative most moonly)

1. (now rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.
   • 1839, James Silk Buckingham, John Sterling, Frederick Denison Maurice, The Athenæum:

     Here and there were young moonly faces selling refreshments.

   • 1888, Hiram Erastus Butler, The Esoteric:

     Then, the regenerative process will be changed; the moonly changes will begin to go the reverse way around the zodiac. Ladies will observe that the time of their moonly weakness will come one sign earlier or about two and a half days […]

   • 1983, Vy?sa, Vi?van?tha Cakravartin, Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati, Srimad Bh?gavatam of Sri Krishnadvaip?yana Vy?sa:

     When the Gopis looked towards the fruit-laden trees lit up with the moonly light, the Gallant-lover remarked, "fruits I alone can reward and this is best congenial atmosphere to beg to to Me.

2. (by extension, now rare) Lunatic. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related terms

• sunly

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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