| 释义 |
ˈsillyism
[f. silly a. + -ism.]
A silly expression or utterance.
1706E. Baynard Cold Baths ii. 268 They fled with a blushless face to their old Sillyism, ‘Ha! Lord! who would have thought it?’ 1840Blackw. Mag. XLVII. 714 Let any contemporary sumph give vent to a sillyism respecting a great man and it is sure to be transmitted to the latest posterity. |