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单词 frogpondian
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Frogpondiann.

Brit. /frɒɡˈpɒndɪən/, U.S. /ˌfrɔɡˈpɑndiən/, /ˌfrɑɡˈpɑndiən/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Frog Pond , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < Frog Pond, the name of a pond on Boston Common (Boston being the centre of New England transcendentalism) + -ian suffix.
depreciative.
Poe's word for: an adherent of transcendentalism (transcendentalism n. 1b).
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1845 E. A. Poe in Broadway Jrnl. 22 Nov. 310/1 Never was a ‘bobbery’ more delightful than that which we have just succeeded in kicking up all around about Boston Commons. We never saw the Frog-Pondians so lively in our lives.
1880 Harper's Mag. Oct. 78/1 Poe retorted that the poem was good enough for Frogpondians.
1938 Amer. Lit. 10 322 He could not feel at ease with anyone who was as friendly with the ‘Frogpondians’ as Poe imagined Colton to be.
1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 4 Apr. The Transcendentalists were ‘Frogpondians’, a laughable New England clique.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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