单词 | balneary |
释义 | balnearyn.adj. A. n. A bath or bathing-place; a medicinal spring. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > place to which invalids resort > spa bath1562 balneary1646 wells1673 spa1781 springs1849 Kurort1868 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > place for bathing balneary1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vii. 309 The Balnearies or bathing places. View more context for this quotation 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele II. 298 A raised earth rim for a balneary. B. adj. Of or pertaining to the bath or bathing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [adjective] > relating to bathing balneal1645 balneary1883 1883 H. James Portraits of Places vii. 142 The French do not treat their beaches as we do ours—as..places animated simply during the balneary hours. 1924 Weekly Westm. 29 Aug. 530/3 In fantasy I view and loathe each balneary station—I have been down at Pebbleton-on-Sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.adj.1646 |
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