单词 | timon |
释义 | Timonn.1 The name of a noted misanthrope of Athens, the hero of Shakespeare's play of the same name; hence, one like Timon, a misanthrope. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [noun] > misanthrope man-hater1579 Misanthropos1579 Timonist1590 Timon1598 misanthropist1648 misanthrope1683 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 168 And Crittick Tymon laugh at idle toyes. View more context for this quotation 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists i. ii. 16 You shew'd so much Aversion, as wou'd make one believe you a compleat Timon, or Manhater. 1819 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 281 She had grown into a sort of female Timon—not of Athens—bitter, and always going over old, past scenes. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 June 6/1 Both Mr. Ruskin and Mr. Froude have long been known as highly cultivated disciples of the latter-day Timon of Cheyne-row. Derivatives Tiˈmonian adj. of, pertaining to, or like Timon. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [adjective] misanthropical1621 misanthrope1757 misanthropic1762 Timonian1770 unphilanthropic1802 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1851) II. 997/1 He left his Timonian retreat. ˈTimonism n. misanthropy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [noun] misanthropy1656 misanthropism1813 Timonism1886 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 June 6/1 No new Timon arose, for Timonism had been found out to be a fraud. ˈTimonist n. a misanthrope. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [noun] > misanthrope man-hater1579 Misanthropos1579 Timonist1590 Timon1598 misanthropist1648 misanthrope1683 1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 2 Yet was he not..such a Timonist but he would familiarly conuerse with his friends. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. L3 I did it to retyre me from the world; And turne my Muse into a Timonist. ˈTimonize v. (intransitive) to play the Timon or misanthrope. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [verb (intransitive)] Timonize1707 misanthropize1846 1707 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed: 2nd Pt. ii. viii. 146 I should be tempted to Timonize, and clap a Satyr upon our whole Species. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † timontemonn.2 Obsolete. rare. The rudder of a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > steering equipment > [noun] > rudder ruddereOE governailc1384 steerer1398 gubernaclec1425 timon1511 wooden bridle1614 main-piece1850 1392–3 Earl Derby's Expedition (Camd.) 225 Item pro reparacione j tymon per le scriuen.] 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. lv Tournynge with suche vyolence yt with the Iumpe and stroke of ye falle of ye Galye to the Rok the strene [sic] called the Temon stert and flewe frome the hokes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.11590n.21511 |
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