hexiology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕξις (héxis, “state or habit”) + -ology. Coined in 1894 by an English naturalist, St. George Jackson Mivart. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why was this page moved? I believe Mivart's coinage was hexicology with a c”)

Noun

hexiology (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The science dealing with the relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.
   • 1881, Harper's Magazine:

     Dr. Mivart treats elaborately upon the anatomy, physiology, psychology, taxonomy, and hexicology of the cat […]

Synonyms

• ecology