单词 | apolaustic |
释义 | apolausticadj.n. A. adj. Concerned with or wholly devoted to seeking enjoyment; self-indulgent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adjective] sensible?a1425 voluptuousc1440 sensual1502 epicurish1548 epicurious1553 epicureala1555 epicurean1583 volupt1585 flesh-pleasing1647 sensuistic1839 sensuous1858 apolaustic1871 1871 T. Arnold in Wyclif's Wks. III. 346 (note) ‘Rehetours’ might mean lazy apolaustic fellows, idlers, supernumeraries. 1880 Sat. Rev. No. 1289. 63 The lordly, apolaustic, and haughty undergraduate. B. n. A suggested synonym for: aesthetic n.; the science of the pleasurable. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > the science of the pleasurable apolaustica1856 a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. vii. 124 Baumgarten..first applied the term Æsthetic to the doctrine which we vaguely..denominate the Philosophy of Taste, the Theory of the Fine Arts..The term Apolaustic would have been a more appropriate designation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < |
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