apodemic
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀπόδημος (apódēmos) + -ic, from ἀπο- (apo-, “away from”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “country, people”).
Apparently, in the travel sense, coined by German-language authors in the sixteenth century.[1]
Noun
editapodemic (plural apodemics)
- (historical) A kind of methodical guidebook for travelers, offering practical advice and instructions on what to see.
Adjective
editapodemic (not comparable)
- (historical) Of or pertaining to travel methodology.
- (ecology, rare) Not endemic; found both inside a particular region and outside it (regardless of origin).
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editAdjective
editapodemic (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the apodeme, an ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton.
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:apodemic.
References
edit- ^ Ian Kinane (2016 November 16) Theorising Literary Islands: The Island Trope in Contemporary Robinsonade Narratives (Rethinking the Island)[1], Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 41: “The Swiss physician Theodor Zwinger, along with Justin Hieronymus Furler, and the German humanist Herarius Pyrksmair, coined the term “apodemic” in the sixteenth century as a method of “rational travel.””