different between outsize vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From out- +? size.

Noun

outsize (plural outsizes)

1. an unusually large garment size

Synonyms

• (initialism) OS

Adjective

outsize (not comparable)

1. of an unusually large size [from the later 19th c.]
   • 1958, P. G. Wodehouse, The Fat of the Land, in 'A Few Quick Ones', Everyman, London: 2009, p 11.

     ...the contents of the kitty amounted to well over a hundred pounds. And it was generally recognized that this impressive sum must inevitably go to the lucky stiff who drew the name of Lord Blicester, for while all the starters were portly, having long let their waist-lines go, not one of them could be considered in the class of Freddie's outsize uncle.

Synonyms

• outsized

Verb

outsize (third-person singular simple present outsizes, present participle outsizing, simple past and past participle outsized)

1. to exceed in size
   • 2005, Los Angeles Times headline, September 25, 2005 [2],

     Mega-ship to outsize seas' reigning Queen.

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

Translations