单词 | philodox |
释义 | philodoxn. rare. A person who loves or vehemently propounds his or her own opinions; a dogmatic or argumentative person.Chiefly in translations of Montaigne. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > stubbornness in opinion > person opinion holderc1449 opiniator1534 opiniate1597 opiniastre1603 philodox1603 opinionatist1634 opinativea1649 opiniatrea1677 opiniatera1680 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 313 No people are lesse Philosophers..than Platoes Phylodoxes, or lovers of their owne opinions. 1609 A. Craig Poet. Recreations sig. D2v No greater fools then Philodoxes fond, And such as loue opinions of their own. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 363 There are not a more foolish sort of Men, nor that are less Philosophers, than the Philodoxes of Plato. 1872 Nonconf. 27 Mar. 326/2 The lover of argument, the philodox—to revive an old word—..is less likely to listen to it. 1958 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 15 Oct. 22/5 One grows weary of the sickening sophomoric twaddle of our local pansophic philodox. Derivatives philoˈdoxical adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > stubborn in opinion opinatea1492 opinative1517 self-minded1531 opinionativea1549 opiniative?1575 opinionate1575 wedded1578 opiniatre1591 opiniastre1596 opiniated1597 opinionated1630 self-opiniating1632 opiniatred1641 opiniastrous1645 opinioned1649 self-opiniateda1650 opiniatory1659 standfast1683 philodoxical1852 stick-in-the-muddish1932 1852 J. L. Davies & D. J. Vaughan tr. Plato Republic v. 220 Philodoxical rather than philosophical, that is to say, lovers of opinion rather than lovers of wisdom. 1998 G. Fendt Platonic Errors 54 A student will certainly not learn anything from it..; or if he does, it will only be another opinion. There can be philodoxical lectures, but there cannot be a philosophical one. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603 |
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