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单词 superstitious
释义 su·per·sti·tious
\|süpə(r)|stishəs\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English supersticious, from Middle French supersticieux, from Latin superstitiosus, from superstitio superstition + -osus -ous
1.
 a. : of, relating to, proceeding from, characterized by, or manifesting superstition
  < while … I used to ascribe the horror he felt … to a reasonable cause … I came to realize that in origin it, too, was superstitious — Osbert Sitwell >
 b. : addicted to or swayed by superstition
  < the darkness and the strange blue streetlights make him … superstitious — Alexander Forbes >
 c. : of, relating to, or used by the adherents of a creed regarded as a superstition
2. obsolete : excessively or morbidly scrupulous : punctilious
3. obsolete : extravagant in loving : overly devoted
su·per·sti·tious·ly adverb
su·per·sti·tious·ness noun -es
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