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† polyˈpragmon obs.
[a. Gr. πολυπράγµων: see prec.]
A meddlesome person; a busybody.
[1573G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 28 At the motion of two or thre πολυπράγµονες, home he knew ful wel to be mi ennemies.] 1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 282 This most Atheall Polypragmon father Parsons. 1679M. Prance Addit. Narr. Pop. Plot 40 The Jesuites, who are the great Polypragmons, or Busie-bodies amongst them all.
Hence † polypragmoˈnetic (irreg.), polypragˈmonic adjs., of the nature of a ‘polypragmon’ (= polypragmatic); † polyˈpragmonist = polypragmon; † polyˈpragmony, the character or practice of a ‘polypragmon’ (= next).
a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xx, What is it that this *Polypragmonetick Ardelione to all the Fiends of Hell doth aim at?
1866Blackmore C. Nowell xiv, [He] admitted the *polypragmonic doctor.
1609Dekker Gvlls Horne-bk. Proem. (1812) 18 Good dry-brained *polypragmonists.
1602F. Herring Anat. 20 *Polypragmony is the Companion of Ignorance, and common Pest of Mankinde. |