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tironic, tyronic, a. nonce-wd.|taɪˈrɒnɪk| [f. L. tīrōn-, stem of tīro, tiro + -ic.] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a tiro; betraying inexperience; amateurish. So (nonce-wds.) ˈti-, ˈtyronism, inexperience; ˈti-, ˈtyronist = tiro; ˈti-, ˈtyronize v., intr. to play the tiro, to be a beginner; hence ˈti-, ˈtyronizing ppl. a.
a1660Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.) I. 29 As ignorant of martiall discipline, as the most tyronizinge of them all. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. 3 They..are fitter for Veterans and Criticks in Closets and Libraries, than for Tyronists and Trivialists in Schools. 1832Examiner 660/1 The critic,..though modest and professing tyronism, is a good moderator. 1909Daily Chron. 23 June 3/1 His handling of form and plot is occasionally tyronic, if one may be permitted a word that ought to exist. |