callimetern.

Brit.

/kaˈlɪmᵻtə/, U.S.

/kæˈlɪmədər/

Forms: 1800s calimeter, 1900s– callimeter.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek καλλι- , κάλλος , -meter comb. form².

Etymology: < ancient Greek καλλι-, combining form of κάλλος beauty (see callisthenic adj.) + -meter comb. form².With the form calimeter compare cali- comb. form and see discussion at that entry.

rare.

A scale for quantifying the beauty of something.

ΚΠ

1858 J. Brown Horæ Subs. 426 A flower..of a certain fixed and well-known value in Davie's standard calimeter.

1931 J. T. Shipley Quest for Lit. vi. 215 It aims more directly than most at a scale of beauty, it presses one principle by which critics may some day construct a callimeter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	callimeter
释义	callimetern. Brit. /kaˈlɪmᵻtə/, U.S. /kæˈlɪmədər/ Forms: 1800s calimeter, 1900s– callimeter. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek καλλι- , κάλλος , -meter comb. form². Etymology: < ancient Greek καλλι-, combining form of κάλλος beauty (see callisthenic adj.) + -meter comb. form².With the form calimeter compare cali- comb. form and see discussion at that entry. rare. A scale for quantifying the beauty of something. ΚΠ 1858 J. Brown Horæ Subs. 426 A flower..of a certain fixed and well-known value in Davie's standard calimeter. 1931 J. T. Shipley Quest for Lit. vi. 215 It aims more directly than most at a scale of beauty, it presses one principle by which critics may some day construct a callimeter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1858
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