释义 |
dryasdust I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ noun (-s) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: after Dr. Jonas Dryasdust, fictitious person to whom Sir Walter Scott died 1832 Scottish author dedicated some of his novels : one that is uninteresting because of concentration upon minutiae : pedant < the researches of a Dryasdust — C.E.Montague > II. adjective : marked by characteristics that bring about lack of interest or boredom : uninspired, pedantic, prosaic < dryasdust presentation > < dryasdust scholarship > < a dryasdust teacher > |