单词 | notionist |
释义 | notionistn. 1. A person who holds extravagant religious opinions. Esp. in high notionist. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > [noun] > extravagant adherent notionist1650 1650 A. Coppe Fiery Flying Roll 8 Heare a zealous Presbyterian, Independent, or spiritual Notionist pray, preach, or exercise. 1653 G. Fox Jrnl. I. 108 The Pastor of the Baptists (being an high Notionist and a flashy Man) came to me. 1697 G. Keith 2nd Narr. Proc. Turners-Hall 13 In this he agrees with the Ranters and other vain Notionists. a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1722) ii. 55 The Priest..was a high Notionist, and rich in Words. 1869 Contemp. Rev. 11 451 How the bold youth did stand up against the high notionist! 1993 ELH 60 901 Bunyan, for instance, defined a notionist as one who knows the scripture but only ‘in the notion, and hast not the power of the same in [his] heart’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > [noun] > forming of ideas > one who forms ideas notionist1694 conceptionistc1824 noodler1955 1694 Brief Acct. Intended Bank of Eng. 9 In the first place it is necessary to premise whatever our Notionists may imagine to the contrary. 1825 C. Lamb Let. 10 Aug. (1935) III. 19 The whimsies of such a half-baked notionist as I am. 1850 W. T. Moncrieff Orig. Coll. Songs 90 I'm a first chop notionist... I guess I'll just the list run out, Of my bran new inventions! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1650 |
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