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单词 nicodemical
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Nicodemicaladj.

Forms: 1600s Nicodemicall.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Nicodemus , -ical suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Nicodemus (see Nicodemite n.) + -ical suffix. Compare earlier Nicodemite n., Nicodemize v.
Obsolete. rare.
Characteristic of Nicodemus; literal.Cf. John 3:4 where Nicodemus, when talking with Jesus, interprets him literally.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > literal meaning > [adjective]
stafflyc1000
native1579
proper1579
literal1597
Nicodemical1642
alphabetical1643
unallegorical1776
unsymbolic1871
non-figurative1900
1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 46 They fall a wrangling with Nicodemicall conclusions.

Derivatives

Nicodemically adv. in a literal manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > literal meaning > [adverb]
literally1579
Nicodemically1647
technicallya1652
properly1674
strictly1764
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xviii. 3) How absurd was that Anabaptist Aurifaber, who understanding this text Nicodemically..stirreth up the people..to carry themselves childishly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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