单词 | oxfordism |
释义 | Oxfordismn. 1. A habit, trait, or expression characteristic of or peculiar to members of Oxford University. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > member of university > [noun] > (former) specific university or college > habit or trait of student of particular University Oxfordism1830 1830 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. 5 20 Burschenism is not without its meaning more than Oxfordism or Cambridgeism. 1895 Daily News 9 Jan. 6/3 The word ‘festive’ is good English, but to work the word very hard was, at one time an ‘Oxfordism’. 1935 E. M. Forster in Listener 31 July 212/1 He [sc. T. E. Lawrence] has brought to his task a fastidious scholarship, an impeccable memory, a style nicely woven out of Oxfordisms and Doughty. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Tractarianism > [noun] Newmanism1835 Tractism1837 Newmania1838 Oxfordism1838 Puseyism1838 Tractarianism1840 Oxford Movement1841 1838 W. E. Gladstone Diary 22 Dec. (1968) II. 538 Spent the evening with Sterling & his friend Dr Calvert. On Germanism—Oxfordism—Cathedrals. 1849 O. A. Brownson in Wks. (1882–7) VII. 145 He might, perhaps, write a passable essay or article for a magazine in favour of Oxfordism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830 |
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