释义 |
ˈimitancy nonce-wd. [f. L. imitānt-em: see next and -ancy.] The quality or property of imitating; imitativeness.
1832Carlyle Misc. Ess., Boswell's Johnson (1872) IV. 88 The servile imitancy..of Mankind might be illustrated under the different figure..of a Flock of Sheep. 1850― Latter-d. Pamph. i. (1872) 37 Not ‘humanity’ or manhood..apehood rather,—paltry imitancy, from the teeth outward. |