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单词 crichton
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Crichtonn.

Brit. /ˈkrʌɪtn/, U.S. /ˈkraɪtn/
Forms: 1800s– Crichton, 1800s– Crighton.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Crichton.
Etymology: < the surname of James Crichton of Clunie (1560–85?), a Scottish prodigy of intellectual and knightly accomplishments; in later use chiefly after the character of the talented and resourceful butler in J. M. Barrie's play The Admirable Crichton (1914) (first performed in 1902), named in allusion to James Crichton of Clunie.The epithet admirable became traditionally applied to James Crichton. Compare early use in Latin in J. Johnston Heroes ex omni historia Scotica lectissimi (1603) 41 ‘Iacobus Critonius Clunius, Musarum pariter ac Martis alumnus, omnibus in studiis, ipsis etiam Italis admirabilis’ (‘James Crichton of Cluny, equal of the Muses and pupil of Mars, admirable in all studies, even to the Italians’). In English it appeared first in T. Urquhart's Εκσκυβαλαυρον (1652) 112 ‘The admirable Crichtoun..did..present himself to epilogate this his almost extemporanean Comedie’.
allusively. More fully Admirable Crichton. A person who excels in all kinds of studies and pursuits; (in later use esp.) a person of an inferior social status or lower place in a hierarchy who is far more talented and capable and has more natural authority than his or her superiors.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility > many-sided or versatile person
universalist1713
Admirable Crichton1807
all-rounder1869
all-arounder1902
Renaissance man1906
uomo universale1963
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of > one who has or claims
polyhistor1588
omniscian1593
walking dictionary1609
polymathist1621
polymath1624
callent1637
polyhistorian1669
at-all1672
omniscient1710
universalist1713
dictionary1734
know-all1800
Crichton1807
pantologist1840
pansophist1864
encyclopaedist1871
know-it-all1873
omniscientist1932
pointy-head1969
1807 G. H. Wilson Eccentric Mirror III. 3 In her wanton moods, she [sc. Nature] forms..an admirable Crichton with every accomplishment and a thousand other men with none.
1812 T. Amyot Some Acct. Life W. Windham I. 139 [Windham] was the admirable Crichton of his age and country.
1823 in T. Reid Inq. Human Mind (rev. ed.) p. xvii Genius and natural talent will indeed do much, they will occasionally produce an admirable Crighton, a Watts, or a Burns.
a1845 R. H. Barham Brothers of Birchington in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 264 Like a small boy at Eton, Who's not quite a Crichton.
1890 Punch 11 Jan. 15/2 Algy... You lucky dog, you possess all the accomplishments I lack! Jim... Oh, nonsense! Why, you're making me out a regular Crichton!
1914 ‘I. Hay’ Lighter Side School Life ii. 47 In addition to all this, he must be an Admirable Crichton.
1953 A. Christie Pocket Full of Rye iv. 30 Inspector Neele raised his eyebrows. ‘The admirable Miss Crichton.’ ‘I find one must know how to do everything oneself.’
1959 Listener 5 Feb. 244/1 Other people, in some sort of Admirable Crichton situation, in fact exercise authority even though they are not in authority.
2002 M. Holroyd Wks. on Paper 6 Eternally guarding their self-esteem, like Admirable Crichtons, by reminding themselves of their intellectual superiority from their socially inferior position.

Derivatives

ˈCrichtonism n. now rare (more fully admirable Crichtonism) excellence in all kinds of studies and pursuits.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility
volubility1579
ambidexterity1593
versatilousness1640
versatileness1654
versability1672
versatilitya1773
versatility1798
flexility1815
manysidedness1831
Crichtonism1854
multisidedness1903
omnicompetence1937
1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 40/2 Such wonderful Admirable Crichtonism, such virtuosity, that modern accomplishments must fall back dismayed before the ponderous splendor.
1889 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 146 707/1 The..endless resource and Admirable Crichtonism of Robert Hazel.
1957 M. R. Proctor Eng. Univ. Novel vii. 133 Zuleika Dobson typifies the irreverent deflation of the myth of Crichtonism which was prevalent at the turn of the century.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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