| 释义 |
ˈnotionist Now rare.
[f. notion n. + -ist.]
1. One who holds extravagant religious opinions. Esp. high notionist. Now arch.
1652R. Sanders Balm 138 A step higher then the quaintest Notionists of our times desire to be brought. 1653G. Fox Jrnl. Life, etc. I. 108 The Pastor of the Baptists (being an high Notionist and a flashy Man) came to me. 1697G. Keith 2nd Narr. Proc. Turner's Hall 13 In this he agrees with the Ranters and other vain Notionists. a1720Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. ii. 103 A high notionist, and rich in words. 1869Contemp. Rev. XI. 451 How the bold youth did stand up against the high notionist!
2. One who forms notions of things.
1825Lamb Let. to Barton in Final Mem. viii. 259 The whimsies of such a half-baked notionist as I am. |