释义 |
nummi- combining form of L. nummus coin, as † nummi-amorous a., fond of or loving money. nummi-cultivate v., to encourage or assist with money or payment; so nummi-cultivated ppl. a. and nummi-culture. nummiform a., shaped like a coin (Cent. Dict. 1890).
1650B. Discollim. 28, I could demonstrate it to be..Versipellous, Centireligious, Nummiamorous. 1860Reade 8th Commandm. 250 The dagger stroke that slew Marloe in his twenty-ninth year, struck down a heaven born and nummi⁓cultivated genius. Ibid. 265 If this Anglo-Saxon [Shakespeare] had not been nummicultivated by the theatre. Ibid., Under example, stimulus, and nummi-culture. |