单词 | assification |
释义 | assificationn. The action or process of becoming or being made into an ass (ass n.1), or of acquiring the characteristics of an ass; the state or fact of being or becoming assified. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > causing to look stupid assification1820 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > [noun] truffingc1480 foolifying1618 coxcombing1664 befooling1677 assification1820 trail1847 befoolment1881 1820 W. Tooke in tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata II. 176 Lucian's tale of the miraculous assification and disassification of a certain Lucius of Patræ. 1879 C. M. Yonge Magnum Bonum III. xxxii. 682 I ruined you all..with that assification. 1928 Musical Times 69 443/1 As Mr. Gray-Fisk regards distaste for them [sc. musical compositions] as a sign of ‘mental ossification’, we must be allowed to..say we prefer that disease to mental assification. 2009 Carlow (Ireland) People (Nexis) 7 Apr. Certainly the law, at times, appears to show elements of assification. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1820 |
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