单词 | noseology |
释义 | noseologyn. Now historical. Frequently humorous. The study of the human nose, esp. as a means of judging character, intellectual capacity, etc.; (also) †a treatise on this (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > faculty psychology > treatise based on nose shape > [noun] noseology1819 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 5 157 Noseology, a dissertation on the Intellectual Faculties, as manifested by the various configurations of the Nose. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 427 If ever we should possess a classified nosology, my nose must be ranked in the order..which shall comprise the pitch-delighting olfactories. 1849 Littell's Living Age 10 Oct. 65/2 How much more philosophical..than unnecessarily to multiply causes, and invoke the interposition of as many agencies as there are diseases in the nosology! 1916 W. J. Locke Wonderful Year i. 5 Much might be written on noses. The Great Master of Nosology, Laurence Sterne, did but broach the subject. 1993 Russ. Rev. 52 392 Vinogradov and others have demystified the imagery of Gogol's story by showing how much ‘noseology’ was in the air when ‘Nos’ was composed. Derivatives noseoˈlogical adj. rare ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > faculty psychology > treatise based on nose shape > [adjective] noseological1819 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 5 159 We denounce that man as an enemy to candid noseological disquisition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819 |
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