单词 | scholarless |
释义 | scholarlessadj. rare. Having no scholars or pupils; lacking scholars. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > [adjective] > without pupils scholarless1784 1784 C. Burney Let. 25 Dec. (1991) I. 458 It is the same with music; many masters, once in great business, are now wholly scholarless. 1826 N.Y. Lit. Gaz. 7 Oct. 50/3 A briefless attorney, a graceless priest, a careful knight, or a scholarless schoolmaster. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. ix. 310 Turner being..lawless alike and scholarless. 1903 Sat. Rev. 24 Jan. 99/2 By the accident of her exarchate, by her scholarless schools and by all the tricks of what is known as a ‘propaganda’, she has contrived to cook statistics. 1962 M. Bishop Hist. Cornell v. 72 The resentful Wisconsonians built useless roads, scholarless schools, and pillared courthouses out of taxes. 1995 Philos. Today 39 63/2 Given the way languages change over time, this work cannot be done once and then left behind to resume scholarless purity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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