单词 | anti-nosarian |
释义 | > as lemmasanti-nosarian anti-nosarian n. and adj. Brit. /ˌantɪnə(ʊ)ˈzɛːrɪən/ , U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˌnoʊˈzɛriən/ , /ˌænˌtaɪˌnoʊˈzɛriən/ , /ˌæn(t)əˌnoʊˈzɛriən/ [ < anti- prefix + nose n. + -arian suffix] rareΚΠ 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. Slawkenbergius's Tale 51 He can do nothing, replied the Antinosarians. 1838 Q. Rev. June 85 There are two great vulture parties, who may be termed Nosarians and Anti-nosarians... The former..hold..that the vulture has a real nose..while the latter..insist that the bird is directed by his eye alone. 1996 B. Edginton Charles Waterton 169 A specimen of a turkey buzzard's nose, which the Reverend John Bachman..had refused to look at, on the grounds that the anti-nosarian case had already been proved. < as lemmas |
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