单词 | pedantism |
释义 | pedantismn. 1. a. Pedantic language, attitude, or method; the habit of pedantry. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] scholarism1588 pedantism1592 pedantry1612 scholasticism1797 bluestockingism1812 donnishness1835 donnism1859 pragmaticism1865 usherism1869 pragmatism1895 mandarinism1976 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > laboured or pedantic quality periergia1550 pedantism1592 stiffness1638 pedantry1841 non-naturalism1895 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes Ep. Ded. sig. A4 Loue poetry, hate pedantisme. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pedantaggine, pedantisme, idiotisme, grossenes or foolishnes. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xliv. 129 They conuersing onely among bookes, are put into affectation, and pedantisme. 1698 F. B. Free but Modest Censure 19 Some think..that Mr. Boyle offends against his own Rules, about ill-breeding and Pedantism. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. ii. 32 How unutterably frivolous this apotheosis of pedantism would appear to a serious-minded..Jew. 1927 J. A. Joffe tr. L. Sabaneyeff Mod. Russ. Composers 129 The German spirit was to a considerable part of the Russian musical intelligentsia synonymous with either pedantism..or sentimentalism. 2000 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 16 Apr. b6 His slovenly demeanor is matched with a peevishly exact pedantism over music trivia. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] > instance of pedantism1656 pedantry1656 pragmatism1825 pedanticism1897 mandarinism1976 1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 28 To make a man..engage to believe no otherwise then is believed by my Lord Bishop, or Goodman Presbyter, is a Pedantisme, that has made the sword to be a rod in the hands of School-masters. 1658 in E. Phillips New World Eng. Words In works of this nature men ought to fly all Pendantismes, and not rashly to use all words alike, that are met within every English Writer, whether authentick, or not. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. viii. i. 295 These confused Prussian History-Books, opulent in nugatory pedantisms. 1874 F. W. Farrar Life Christ 452 Clothed in scholastic pedantisms. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > position of schoolmastership1532 pedantism1603 whipping-tradea1704 mastership1814 society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > pupil > condition of pedantism1603 pupillage1651 pupildom1845 pupilhood1854 pupilship1879 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxv. 78 The first fifteene or sixteene yeares of his life, are due vnto Pedantisme, the rest vnto action. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pedagogie,..th' Office of a Teacher; also Pedantisme. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋232 Nor have not since my pedantisme and junior practise in the medical profession. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pedantism, the Office or Function of a Pedant.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592 |
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