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Catonian, a. and n.|kəˈtəʊnɪən|
[ad. L. Catōniān-us, f. Cato name of several celebrated Romans, esp. Cato the Censor, and his descendant Cato of Utica, both remarkable for the severity of their manners.]
A. adj. Pertaining to or resembling Cato; severe, stern, austere.
B. n. A follower of Cato.
1534Ld Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) B ij, Catoniens, Peripaticiens, Academiens. 1676R. Dixon Two Test. 246 Be not..morose, sullen..nor of Catonian or lyrical Spirits. 1851S. Judd Margaret ii. (1871) 9 Her brother had a more catonian look.
So Caˈtonic a., Caˈtonically adv., ˈCatonism; also ˈCatoism.
1792Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 21 ‘I am weary of conjectures’—but I do not mean to end them Catonically [i.e. by suicide]. 1837Syd. Smith Ballot Wks. 1859 II. 309/2 All the penalties of austerity and Catonism. 1850James Old Oak Chest I. 119 The age of Catoism is passed away. 1883A. Dobson Fielding v. 131 The Catonic Thwackum drinks considerably more. |