单词 | chrestomathic |
释义 | chrestomathicadj. a. Devoted to the learning of useful matters. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1819 |
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