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单词 gallio
释义

Gallion.

/ˈɡalɪəʊ/
Etymology: < the name of Gallio, a Roman proconsul of Achaia, whose refusal to take action is recorded in Acts xviii. 17 (‘And Gallio cared for none of those things’.
allusive. A person who is indifferent.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > indifference > [noun] > one who is indifferent
pococurante1762
bore1766
Laodicean1772
nil admirari1821
come day, go day (God send Sunday)1833
Gallio1850
don't-care1854
indifferentist1866
1850 R. Browning Christmas-eve ii. 6 A carer for none of it, a Gallio?
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 293 Unhappily, Scotland was ruled, not by pious Josiahs, but by careless Gallios.
1865 L. Stephen Sketches from Cambr. xii. 137 Our prevailing tone is what I should venture to describe as one of quiet good sense, and what fanatics would consider to be only fit for careless Gallios.
1865 L. Stephen Sketches from Cambr. xii. 140 A Gallio is generally a pleasant companion.

Derivatives

ˈGallio-like adj. and adv.
ΚΠ
1884 S. J. Reid Life Sydney Smith x. 240 Gallio-like, he cared for none of these things.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 4/3 Gallio-like bargain.
Gallionic adj. /ɡælɪˈɒnɪk/ characteristic of a Gallio, indifferent.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective]
carelessOE
negligentc1390
recklessc1425
neutral1494
indifferent?1520
undifferentc1540
uncareful1560
unmindful1560
unaddicted1583
unmindful1585
perfunctory1602
disinteressed1603
come day, go day (God send Sunday)1616
disinteresteda1631
Laodicean1633
vacanta1639
unconcerned1645
easy1649
mawkish1679
indifferinga1694
concernless1706
unminding1714
nonchalanta1734
coolrife1768
uninterested1772
uncaring1786
tooth-picking1814
pococurante1815
pococurantish1821
insouciant1829
non-committal1829
don't-care1830
promiscuous1837
don't-carish1838
unpartial1840
noncurantist1882
noncuranta1913
casual1916
Gallionic1920
disengaged1958
1920 Q. Rev. Oct. 403 Japan seemed Gallionic all the time.
1926 Glasgow Herald 20 Mar. 8 The Gallionic attitude of the soldiers along the various lines of the route.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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