Where does actinobolism come from?

First known use: First attested in the 1650s.

actinobolism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: acti-nobolism
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Meaning

noun

Radiation; emission or projection.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Here is the only difference betwixt the Actinobolism of Light and Sounds; that the one is performed in time imperceptible, though not instantaneous: the other in moments distinguishable, which are more or less according to the degrees of distance betwixt the sonant and audient."

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin actinobolismus, from Koine Greek ἀκτινοβόλος (aktinobólos, “emission of rays”) + -ismus. Ἀκτινοβόλος is from ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”) + βόλος (bólos, “a throw”). First attested in the 1650s.

Origin

First known use: First attested in the 1650s

Word Breakdown

Root: ἀκτινοβόλος

Usage

Obsolete
Uncountable