释义 |
her·e·tic I. \ˈherəˌtik\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English eretik, heretik, from Middle French eretique, heretique, adjective & noun, from Late Latin haereticus, from Late Greek hairetikos, from Greek, able to choose, from hairetos (verbal of hairein to take, haireisthai to choose) + -ikos -ic 1. a. : a dissenter from established church dogma : deviationist — distinguished from infidel b. : a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church who deliberately and obstinately disavows a revealed truth 2. : one that dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine of any kind : innovator, nonconformist < to delete from history its heretics and its radicals would be to deprive it of that rare quality known as independence of mind — F.C.Neff > < he who resists a mania may be trodden under foot like any other heretic — W.G.Sumner > II. \“, hə̇ˈred.]ik, heˈ-, -ret], ]ēk\ adjective Etymology: Middle English eretik, heretik, from Middle French eretique, heretique : heretical |