单词 | akolastic |
释义 | akolasticn.adj. rare (chiefly in Ancient Greek History and Ancient Greek Philosophy). A. n. A prodigal or licentious person; = akolast n. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > sensualist epicureana1450 fleshling1548 epicure?1551 carnalite1573 sensualist1604 akolast1606 voluptuarya1610 pleasure-monger1616 voluptary1616 carnalist1621 akolastic1623 woman of pleasure1623 pleasurista1682 luxurist1690 good liver1784 sensuist1840 liver1849 voluptuarian1879 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Acolasticke, a prodigal person. 1969 R. Robinson Ess. in Greek Philos. 157 The acolastic [of Aristotle] had no principle or logos; he was simply led on by desire. B. adj. Prodigal, licentious; (in early use also) †incorrigible. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adjective] golec888 canga1225 light?c1225 wooinga1382 nicea1387 riota1400 wantonc1400 wrenec1400 lachesc1450 loose?a1500 licentious1555 libertine1560 prostitute1569 riggish1569 wide1574 slipper1581 slippery1586 sportive1595 gay1597 Cyprian1598 suburb1598 waggish1600 smicker1606 suburbian1606 loose-living1607 wantona1627 free-living1632 libertinous1632 loose-lived1641 Corinthian1642 akolastic1656 slight1685 fast1699 freea1731 brisk1740 shy1787 slang1818 randomc1825 fastish1832 loosish1846 slummya1860 velocious1872 fly1880 slack1951 the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > characterized or marked by squandering wasteful1451 prodigal1508 sieve-like1605 profusive1638 akolastic1656 squandering1726 effuse1745 spendthrift1790 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Acolastick, that liveth under no correction, riotous. 1666 W. Austin Ἐπιλοίμια Ἔπη: Anat. Pestilence 89 The table of Apelles, where Abstinence waits and ushers in the fare. And acolastick riot is put by. 1857 H. Reed Note in T. Arnold's Lect. Mod. Hist. 302 The acolastic defilement of the conscience manifests itself in moral misnomer—the calling evil good. 1866 G. A. Lawrence Sans Merci II. iv. 59 It is an acolastic sort of life, to be sure; but, were anything to befall that stout bacchanalian, a wider social blank would ensue than would be left by many sour-visaged Solomons. 1975 S. R. L. Clark Aristotle's Man iii. 90 The akolastic man finds things more disagreeable than he should (in the absence of his pleasures). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1623 |
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