Bœotian.

/biːˈəʊʃ(ɪ)ə/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Boeotia.

Etymology: < Boeotia (classical Latin Boeōtia, ancient Greek Βοιωτία), the name of a district in ancient Greece, whose inhabitants were proverbial for their stupidity.Although Boeotia was the birthplace of celebrated writers including Hesiod, Pindar, and Plutarch, its people were generally regarded in antiquity as dull, crude, and gluttonous. Ancient Greek Βοιωτία < Βοιωτός Boeotian + -ία -ia suffix¹.

A district of ancient Greece proverbial for the stupidity of its inhabitants: hence figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > typical example of > place

Bœotia1786

1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Poet. Epist. to Boswell (ed. 3) 4 A dim Bœotia reigns in ev'ry skull.

1884 Harper's Mag. Nov. 895/2 Essex appears to be looked on as the Bœotia of England.

Derivatives

ˈBœotize v. to become or make Bœotian.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > ancient Greeks and neighbours > [verb (intransitive)]

Bœotize1789

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > ancient Greeks and neighbours > [verb (transitive)]

Bœotize1789

1789 S. Parr Wks. (1828) VII. 410 I live quite in Bœotia, and Bœotize daily.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. vi. 182 These ancient tenants of Orchomenos, before it became bœotised.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	bœotia
释义	Bœotian. /biːˈəʊʃ(ɪ)ə/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Boeotia. Etymology: < Boeotia (classical Latin Boeōtia, ancient Greek Βοιωτία), the name of a district in ancient Greece, whose inhabitants were proverbial for their stupidity.Although Boeotia was the birthplace of celebrated writers including Hesiod, Pindar, and Plutarch, its people were generally regarded in antiquity as dull, crude, and gluttonous. Ancient Greek Βοιωτία < Βοιωτός Boeotian + -ία -ia suffix¹. A district of ancient Greece proverbial for the stupidity of its inhabitants: hence figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > typical example of > place Bœotia1786 1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Poet. Epist. to Boswell (ed. 3) 4 A dim Bœotia reigns in ev'ry skull. 1884 Harper's Mag. Nov. 895/2 Essex appears to be looked on as the Bœotia of England. Derivatives ˈBœotize v. to become or make Bœotian. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > ancient Greeks and neighbours > [verb (intransitive)] Bœotize1789 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > ancient Greeks and neighbours > [verb (transitive)] Bœotize1789 1789 S. Parr Wks. (1828) VII. 410 I live quite in Bœotia, and Bœotize daily. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. vi. 182 These ancient tenants of Orchomenos, before it became bœotised. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1786
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