单词 | amethodist |
释义 | † amethodistn. Obsolete. rare. A person who follows no method; spec. an untrained or unqualified physician; a quack. Cf. amethodical adj.In quot. 1844 as a self-conscious use of an obscure or unusual word. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > ignorant or untrained dogleech1529 empiric1562 amethodist1654 experimentator1684 empiricist1844 the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > ignorant or untrained > charlatan quacksalver1579 medicastra1602 water-caster1603 quack1638 medicaster1639 amethodist1654 charlatana1680 quackster1709 crocus1785 Sangrado1812 sangrador1832 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 89 It cannot be lookt for, that these Empiricall Amethodists should understand the order of Art, or the Art of order. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Amethodist, a physician who does not practice by theory; a quack. 1844 S. K. Hoshour Lett. to Squire Pedant v. 18 The amethodist's medicamenta were so narcotic, that the victims of his indexterity in the ultimity of their terrestrial vitality, were favored with euthanasy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1654 |
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