单词 | palaeology |
释义 | palaeologypaleologyn. The study of antiquities; the study of the ancient past, esp. of human culture and its artefacts; archaeology. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > object from the past or antique > interest in or love of antiquarism1658 antiquarianism1761 palaeology1825 archaeolatry1853 palaeolatry1887 1825 T. Jefferson Let. 9 Nov. in Writings (1984) 1505 It is not that I am merely an enthusiast for Palaeology. 1892 Eng. Hist. Rev. 7 808 To the subject-matter of history the author gives the widest limits, including within its scope..a training in cartography, epigraphy, and palæology. 1908 C. D. Curtis tr. E. Pais Anc. Italy i. 21 The students of primitive archaeology—or, as they call it, paleology. 1958 D. Jones Epoch & Artist (1959) 70 I refer rather to the extensive changes in various departments of learning, but more especially to those that have revolutionized the study of language, comparative mythology, all branches of archaeology and palaeology. 1981 Canad. Jrnl. Afr. Stud. 15 616 The authors' academic training runs from paleology to political economy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825 |
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