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单词 psilosopher
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psilosophern.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymon: philosopher n.
Etymology: Alteration of philosopher n., after ancient Greek ψιλο- (see psilo- comb. form). Compare psilology n., psilosophy n.
Obsolete.
A shallow or pretended philosopher.Chiefly in the works of S. T. Coleridge.
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?1808 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 3244 The modern Psilosophers talk big words of Lord Bacon, as the Pharisees who were intent on murdering Christ, did of Moses & Jeremiah.
1816 S. T. Coleridge in Courier 25 July 2/2 For the French Philosophers we should read Psilosophers.
c1828 S. T. Coleridge Ess. on Passions in Shorter Wks. & Fragments (1995) II. 1432 The ridicule which (in this country at least, and in the ignorant impatience of mental taxation, characteristic of [its] psilosophers) every newly-minted Term risks.
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Suppl. Psilosopher, a would-be or pretended philosopher.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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