单词 | morological |
释义 | † morologicaladj. Obsolete. Of, relating to, or characterized by folly or foolish words. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] unthriftyc1450 bribble-brabble1573 morological1607 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] > relating to science of morological1867 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 269 The old maner [of preaching] was, to make one part Allegoricall, another Anagogicall, and a third Tropological: whereas they should haue made one part Morological, another Mythological, and a third Pseudological. 1867 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings (1869) I. 320 If the condition of liberalism be insisted upon, as well as the morological..conditions of mind necessary to such a question, there is but one man in the House who can put it. Derivatives morologically adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb] > as regards science morologically1865 1865 Visct. Strangford Lett. & Papers (1878) 164 Morologically speaking, the production is no richer or sillier than your prize-fool from Gloucestershire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1607 |
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