单词 | parchmentarian |
释义 | † parchmentariann. Obsolete. 1. Among the people of Strasburg in ‘Slawkenbergius's Tale’ in the novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy: a supporter of the view that the stranger's nose (which is the object of widespread speculation) is made of parchment, as opposed to some other substance (see quot. 1761). ΚΠ 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. 12 Their doctors, the Parchmentarians, the Brassarians, the Turpentarians, on one side—the Popish doctors on the other. 2. A book bound in parchment.Apparently only in the writings of Robert Southey. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > book of specific form or colour > [noun] > made of specific material block-book1738 parchmentarian1808 skin book1820 bamboo-book1877 1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 58 The parchmentarians have all been rubbed and scrubbed. 1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 63 Brackets in my study..support the parchmentarians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1761 |
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