单词 | philomathic |
释义 | philomathicadj. Now chiefly historical. Of, belonging to, or consisting of philomaths; relating or devoted to mathematics, natural philosophy, etc.Originally and chiefly in the names of learned societies. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] > devoted to learning philomathic1797 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 462 Girod Chantrans read lately to the Philomathic Society of Paris, an observation which he had made on the conferva bullosa. 1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) I. x. 221 His work..was meant to be statistical, philological,..philomathic, and political. 1875 Analyst 2 41 The fact of Peaucellier's discovery..was communicated in 1867, by a brother officer of engineers, to the Paris Philomathic Society. 1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xxxvi. 284 Stella took the opportunity to write a paper for the Philomathic Society. 1948 Philos. Rev. 57 275 Lewis..greatly underestimates the philomathic and the aesthetic interests and their values. 1973 Centaurus 17 306 That the philomathic tradition was established at the beginning of the century can be shown by inspection of a volume of ten 1611 almanacs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1797 |
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