different between ghosten vs taxonomy

English

Etymology 1

From ghost +? -en.

Adjective

ghosten (comparative more ghosten, superlative most ghosten)

1. (poetic) Of, belonging to, or pertaining to ghosts; ghostly; spiritual.
   • 1969, Stephen Spender, Irving Kristol, Congress for Cultural Freedom, Encounter:

     Time Chimes its swallows from the ghosten brass Under the trembling mirrors, a heart Groined with gloom and iron sighs Winter and summer laid four tones apart Moans the bell in your empty thighs.

Etymology 2

From ghost +? -en.

Verb

ghosten (third-person singular simple present ghostens, present participle ghostening, simple past and past participle ghostened)

1. (transitive, intransitive, nonstandard, poetic) To make like a ghost; behave or appear as a ghost; make ghostly.
   • 2006, ACA Windart Residency 2003:

     at ACA florida i was doing a "shadow session", but then i was shy to do it with philippe; did not wanted to "ghosten" him.

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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