单词 | dryasdust |
释义 | Dryasdustn.adj. A. n. The name of a fictitious person to whom Sir W. Scott pretends to dedicate some of his novels; hence, a writer or student of antiquities, history, or statistics, who occupies himself with the driest and most uninteresting details. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull person grub1653 noddeea1680 insipid1699 rocker1762 bore1812 Dryasdust1819 insipidity1822 prose1844 bagpipe1850 vampire1862 pill1865 jeff1870 terebrant1890 poop1893 stodger1905 club bore1910 nudnik1916 stodge1922 dreary1925 dreep1927 binder1930 drip1932 douchebag1946 drear1958 drag1959 noodge1968 anorak1984 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. Ded. Epist. p. iv The venerable name of Dr Jonas Dryasdust. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. Introd. Ep. p. i Captain Clutterbuck, to the Rev. Dr Dryasdust. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. i. 13 The Prussian Dryasdust, otherwise an honest fellow, and not afraid of labour, excels all other Dryasdusts yet known. a1872 F. D. Maurice Friendship Bks. (1874) vii. 214 The Dryasdusts may pick up real gems amidst heaps of rubbish. 1889 Spectator 9 Nov. 644/1 In spite of his being a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, has nothing of the Dryasdust about him. B. adj. 1. Extremely ‘dry’, as a writer, book, or subject of study. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > extremely over-tedious1483 as dull as ditch-water1844 Dryasdustic1862 Dryasdust1872 Dryasdustish1890 1872 W. Minto Man. Eng. Prose Lit. ii. iv. 313 The most dryasdust of the whole. 1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. II. 79 Dry-as-dust antiquarian stories. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xlv She considered political economy as a dry-as-dust something outside the circle of her life. 1881 M. E. Braddon One Thing Needful viii Aged by poring over dry-as-dust books. 2. literal. Of climate: Extremely dry or rainless. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > dry weather or climate > [adjective] > deficient in rainfall dry1297 droughty1605 arid1730 Dryasdust1889 1889 Geikie Addr. Brit. Assoc. in Nature 19 Sept. 490 A dry-as-dust climate like that of some of the steppe-regions of our own day. 1889 Geikie Addr. Brit. Assoc. in Nature 19 Sept. 490 I cannot..find..any evidence of a dry-as-dust epoch..in Europe during..the Pleistocene period. Derivatives Dryasˈdustic adj. Apparently an isolated use. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > extremely over-tedious1483 as dull as ditch-water1844 Dryasdustic1862 Dryasdust1872 Dryasdustish1890 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiv. i. 601 The dark Dryasdustic Ages. Dryasˈdustish adj. Apparently an isolated use. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > extremely over-tedious1483 as dull as ditch-water1844 Dryasdustic1862 Dryasdust1872 Dryasdustish1890 1890 Spectator 31 May 767 Elaborate and yet not Dryasdust-ish disquisitions. Dryasˈdustism n. Apparently an isolated use. Π 1888 Glasgow Evening Cit. 7 Sept. 2/4 The British Association, which has naturally an extensive acquaintance with dry-as-dustism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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