单词 | plebificate |
释义 | † plebificatev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. = plebify v. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > deprive of refinement [verb (transitive)] > vulgarize hackney1598 vulgarize1756 plebeianize1841 plebify1867 plebificate1869 kitsch1951 1869 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 666/2 Even science is popularized or ‘plebificated’ into science-and-water. 1893 Nation (N.Y.) 6 Apr. 258/1 Religion, to adapt Coleridge's apothegm, was to be not only popularized but plebificated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1869 |
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