attorneyismn.

Etymology: See -ism suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈttorneyism.

The practice of attorneys, or that attributed to the ‘rascally attorney’; unscrupulous cleverness. (Vituperative.)

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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > astuteness > unscrupulous

attorneyism1837

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. v. 424 Vanish, then, thou rat-eyed Incarnation of Attorneyism.

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. ix. 128 Instinctively abhorrent of attorneyism and the swindler element.

1884 Sat. Rev. 28 June 835/2 The peculiarity, however, of that kind of cleverness which..is called attorneyism, is that it frequently overreaches itself.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	attorneyism
释义	attorneyismn. Etymology: See -ism suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈttorneyism. The practice of attorneys, or that attributed to the ‘rascally attorney’; unscrupulous cleverness. (Vituperative.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > astuteness > unscrupulous attorneyism1837 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. v. 424 Vanish, then, thou rat-eyed Incarnation of Attorneyism. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. ix. 128 Instinctively abhorrent of attorneyism and the swindler element. 1884 Sat. Rev. 28 June 835/2 The peculiarity, however, of that kind of cleverness which..is called attorneyism, is that it frequently overreaches itself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1837
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