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mihi itch

noun

Etymology

From Latin mihī̆, dative of egō̆ (“I”), + itch.

  1. derived from mihī̆

Definitions

  1. The ambition to publish and name large numbers of taxa as a form of personal…

    The ambition to publish and name large numbers of taxa as a form of personal aggrandizement.

    • Unscrupulous individuals can and do jump freely into taxonomy to satisfy their ‘mihi itch’ by engaging in a practice called ‘taxonomic vandalism’ creating taxon names without proper scientific work to back them up.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mihi itch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA