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单词 chrestomathic
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chrestomathicadj.

/krɛstəʊˈmaθɪk/
Etymology: < chrestomathy n. + -ic suffix.
a. Devoted to the learning of useful matters.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [adjective] > devoted to learning useful matters
chrestomathic1819
1819 Q. Rev. 21 169 The head of a chrestomathic school.
a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VII. 325 Which the said Jeremy [Bentham] proposes should form part of the course of studies in his Chrestomathic school.
b. substantive in plural.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun] > practical usefulness > useful matters as a study
chrestomathic1826
1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 197 Ethics, or Chrestomathics, or Politics, or Political Economy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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