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taxonomy | tormentous |

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As an adjective tormentous is

(rare|dated) involving or causing torment; having the nature of tortureoxford english dictionary , 3rd ed, 2005.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

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

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    tormentous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare, dated) Involving or causing torment; having the nature of torture.Oxford English Dictionary , 3rd ed., 2005.
  • * 1756 , (author), "Ode 35: To Fortune" in A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace , p. 129 (Google preview):
    • Before thee stalks inexorable Fate,
    And grasps impailing nails and wedges dread,
    The hook tormentous and the melted lead.
  • * 1870 , The Annual Register, Volume 111 , p. 264 (Google preview):
    • [I]ts greed gave us years tormentous and horrible, like those of Ferdinand VII.
  • * 1960 May, "The Loneliest Boy on Capital Hill", Ebony , vol. 15, no. 7, p. 58 (Google preview):
    • Few adults could have survived the tormentous , agonizing heartbreak Jimmy endured.
  • * 2006 , Jubil Olebode Aka, Blacks Greatest Homeland: Nigeria Is Born Again , ISBN 9780595388974, p. 12 (Google preview):
    • In Nigeria in particular and Africa generally, there is no winter, no heat-wave, no iceberg, no volcanoes, no hail storms, no devastating wild fires, no tormentous tornadoes or thunderstorms, no deadly floods.

    Synonyms

    * tormenting, torturous

    References