| 单词 | arbiter elegantiae |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarbiter elegantiae 4. ‖ arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter elegantiae [Latin, lit. ‘judge of elegance’: Petronius Arbiter was the elegantiae arbiter of Nero's court (Tacitus Ann. xvi. 18)] , a judge of matters of taste, an authority on etiquette. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > [noun] > connoisseur curioso1658 connoisseur1719 conoscente1766 cognoscente1777 arbiter elegantiae1818 maven1907 1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy II. iii. 175 He looked up to Lord Frederick Eversham, as the arbiter elegantiarum of that system. 1841 Craik & MacFarlane Pict. Hist. Eng. Geo. III I. 651/1 Derrick..succeeded Nash as arbiter elegantiarum at Bath. 1933 E. Balmer & P. Wylie When Worlds Collide v. 49 A connoisseur of life and living—an arbiter elegantiae. 1957 R. N. C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon xxi. 76 Zhdanov was appointed Stalin's arbiter elegantiarum in the late 'forties. < as lemmas |
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