| 释义 |
† syˈmmetrian Obs. rare.
[f. as prec. + -an.]
= symmetrist.
a1586Sidney Arcadia i. xvi. (1912) 102 Her face was a thought longer then the exacte Symmetrians perhaps would allow. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage v. xvii. 459 Statues..fiue or sixe fathomes high, which these Symmetrians proportioned to the stature of Adam. 1623Cockeram i, Simmetrian, a painter or grauer, one that considereth the due proportion of a thing. 1656[see symmetrist]. |