| 单词 | maxim-monger |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaxim-monger maxim-monger n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun] > maker of sententiarya1603 apophthegmatist1727 maxim-monger1753 maxim-maker1806 gnomologist1813 maximist1855 1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 15 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1994 Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought. 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways I. i. 13 Quoting an obscure maxim-monger. 1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. IV. 2709/1 A person who makes undue use of this form of expression [sc. the maxim] is termed a maxim-monger. < as lemmas |
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