单词 | sciolous |
释义 | sciolousadj.n. depreciative. A. adj. That possesses only superficial knowledge; characterized by sciolism; sciolistic. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adjective] sciolousa1400 superficial1559 smattering1581 superficial1603 shallowa1616 lip-learned1683 sciolistic1830 superficialized1907 a1400 Against exposing Relics for Gain (BL Add. 24202) in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1989) 40 490 For as myche as þou hast not told þe synful man his synnes, þer he myȝte a turnyd hym fro his wickidnesse and lyuyd, yee, for þou hast not reprouyd hym; and hym, for he synnyde, þe holdyng sciolous. 1622 J. Meredith Sinne of Blasphemie Epist. Ded. sig. A3v It is a hard matter for him that is but a man, not to erre in many thinges, as being only sciolous in some, [etc.]. 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 87 I could wish, that these sciolous Zelotists had more Judgement joynd with their Zeale. 1785 J. Wright Addr. Parl. Tax on Fustian 58 He hath candidly offered to their inspection, his own limited science on this subject..adding to his own sciolous ideas, all the information he hath lately collected from honest, intelligent, and moderate men. 1818 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 249/1 That genius is of no sex, is an axiom with all the female writers of this sciolous and scribbling age. 1861 Temple Bar Dec. 114 Legros was not the superficial, supercilious, sciolous man many of his countrymen are. 1909 J. B. Alexander Lunarian Professor xii. 217 The conditions of animal life being taught in the schools, not in a sciolous or smattering way but thoroughly and scientifically. With the. Sciolous people collectively. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge > collectively sciolous1677 superficial1701 dilettantedom1887 1677 W. Petty Let. 4 Aug. in Petty-Southwell Corr. (1928) i. xviii. 31 What shall I suffer If it please not the censorious and Envious, the Sciolous &c? 1817 D. Hoffman Course Legal Study 136 So manifest is its truth to us, that we must suppose such contrary opinion to be confined to the sciolous alone. 1890 Finding of Gnosis 7 From arts of the sciolous Conned in garish fanes Hold it apart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1400 |
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