hygraulic

English

Etymology

Formed as hygr- + the second element of (hydr)aulic, as if after the Ancient Greek *ὑγραυλικός (hugraulikós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haɪˈɡɹɔːlɪk/, /haɪˈɡɹɒlɪk/

Adjective

hygraulic (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Hydraulic.
    • 1730–6, Nathan Bailey, Dictionarium Britannicum, “Hygraulic”:
      Hygraulic,…of or pertaining to Pipes or Conveyances for Water.
    • 1756, Charles Lucas, An Essay on Waters, book I, page 2:
      The animal…is an hygraulic body.

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