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banausic
ba·nau·sic B0052800 (bə-nô′sĭk, -zĭk)adj.1. Merely mechanical; routine: "a sensitive, self-conscious creature ... in sad revolt against uncongenially banausic employment" (London Magazine).2. Of or relating to a mechanic.
[Greek banausikos, of or for craftsmen, from banausos, craftsman who works with fire, smith, potter, probably dissimilated from earlier *baunausos : baunos, furnace, forge (probably of pre-Greek substrate origin) + auein, to light a fire, get a light from; akin to Latin haurīre, to draw water.]banausic (bəˈnɔːsɪk) or banausianadjmerely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian[C19: from Greek banausikos for mechanics, from baunos forge]ba•nau•sic (bəˈnɔ sɪk, -zɪk)
adj. serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical. [1835–45; < Greek banausikós] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  banausic - (formal) ordinary and not refined; "he felt contempt for all banausic occupations"formality - compliance with formal rules; "courtroom formality"ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine" |
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