单词 | autoschediasm |
释义 | autoschediasmn. That which is autoschediastic; something done on the spur of the moment or without preparation; a hasty improvisation. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [noun] > unplanned quality or action > an unplanned action extemporarya1661 autoschediasm1842 acte gratuit1931 1842 C. Kingsley Let. 13 Feb. (1878) I. 62 Pardon auto-schediasms of paper and obscurity of style, for I have walked ten miles down the Cam to-day. 1895 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 26 49 The first thing is to collect the material. This must comprise the whole range of ancient literature, always carefully weighing the nature of the evidence, so as to reject mere autoschediasms. 1937 Jrnl. Compar. Legisl. & Internat. Law 3rd ser. 19 2 Foreigners may see here a typical English autoschediasm. Doubt is removed ad hoc, for the Foreign Secretary; but why not for all Secretaries of State? 1988 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 108 160/2 We now see that Nestor's participation in the event is not an extravagant autoschediasm of Homer's,..but a reflex of the Pylian hero's reception into Thessalian poetry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1842 |
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