单词 | hero-worshipful |
释义 | hero-worshipfuln.adj. With the and plural agreement. Those who admire a hero excessively or uncritically, considered collectively. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [noun] > reverence of a hero > one who hero-worshipper1840 hero-worshipful1868 1868 London Q. Rev. Oct. 249 Mr. Tennyson's admirers, like those of all other men of fame, may be broadly divided into two classes—the intelligent and the unintelligent—the discriminative and the blind hero-worshipful. B. adj. Filled with intense, excessive, or uncritical admiration for one's hero; characterized by hero worship. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adjective] > excessively over-awful1641 hero-worshipping1818 hero-worshipful1875 1875 W. Hemstreet Econ. European Tourist xviii. 218 The people are still hero-worshipful. 1918 M. Beerbohm And Even Now (1920) 203 The hero-worshipful gaze. 2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Mar. vii. 10 His father was a former army officer... He harshly disciplined his hero-worshipful son. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1868 |
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