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philotechnic, a.|fɪləʊˈtɛknɪk|
[f. Gr. ϕιλότεχνος fond of art, f. ϕιλο- philo- + τέχνη art: so mod.F. philotechnique (Dict. Acad. 1835).]
Fond of or devoted to the arts, esp. the industrial arts.
1825Gentl. Mag. XCV. i. 348/2 British Philotechnic Society. Proposals have been issued for the establishment of a society under the above title. 1887Pall Mall G. 6 Oct. 11/1 Organization of popular education in the evenings in Paris:—III.—The Philotechnic Association.
So philoˈtechnical a. (rare—0) = prec.; philoˈtechnist, a lover of the practical arts.
1809–10Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 176, I distinguish, first, those whom indeed you may call Philotheorists, or Philotechnists, or Practicians, and secondly those whom alone you may rightly denominate Philosophers. 1846Worcester, Philotechnic, Philotechnical, fond of the arts; friendly to the arts. |