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单词 unclassical
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unclassicaladj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈklasᵻkl/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklasᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌənˈklæsəkəl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, classical adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + classical adj.
Not classical; not belonging to or characteristic of a traditional or long-established form or style; spec. not belonging to or characteristic of Greek or Roman antiquity.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > monumental or classic > not
unclassical1663
unclassic1728
1663 J. Simons Answer to Dr. Piercie's Serm. 119 Are all your Demonstrations shrunk up to a few quotations of unclassical Authours?
1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 350 They are either too classical (You are unclassical) or too illiterate.
c1828 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life of Dr. Arnold (1844) I. 50 If the sermons are read, I do not care one farthing if the readers think me the most unclassical writer in the English language.
1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 11 The Athenian philosopher made a jest of his unclassical nose.
1951 N. Pevsner Middlesex 32 Its low walls have crenellated tops with ball finials, an unclassical motif.
2013 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 11 May (Weekend) 7 It's a very unclassical idea, to mix the great red grape of the northern Rhône with that of Bordeaux.

Derivatives

unˈclassically adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adverb] > not classically
unclassically1687
1687 S. Lowth Let. to E. Stillingfleet 11 The utmost of my crime can amount no higher, than that it was done unclassically.
1768 E. B. Greene in tr. Anacreon & Sappho Wks. 105 A preposition..being unclassically placed before the nominative itself.
1860 J. Whiteside Italy xvii. 168 As we reach the unclassically-named town of Poggibonsi.
1949 Times 9 June 6/6 The classical reserve had been abandoned for..unclassically emphatic gestures.
2012 Sunday Times (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Features section) 34 The 2004 work we heard, classically entitled Adagio, unclassically subtitled ‘Self-portrait’, is..modelled on Mozart's Adagio.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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