hygraulic
English
Etymology
Formed as hygr- + the second element of (hydr)aulic, as if after the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek *ὑγραυλικός (hugraulikós).
Pronunciation
Adjective
hygraulic (not comparable)
- (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.
- 1730–6, Nathan Bailey, Dictionarium Britannicum, “Hygraulic”:
References
- NED V (H–K; 1st ed., 1901), § 1 (H), page 493/2, “†Hygrau·lic, a.”
- OED (2nd ed., 1989), “†hyˈgraulic, a.”