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单词 microphily
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microphilyn.

Forms: 1600s microphilie.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek μικρο-, ϕιλία.
Etymology: < ancient Greek μικρο- micro- comb. form + ϕιλία friendship (after e.g. χρηστοϕιλία the friendship of good men: see -philia comb. form).
Obsolete. rare.
The friendship between people of unequal status or intellect.
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1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 95v So likewise, where there is a disproportion eyther in meanes, or mindes, there can bee no other friendship, then that Microphilie, which Plato had with Dionysius the Tyrant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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