单词 | philately |
释义 | philatelyn. 1. The collecting and study of postage stamps or other devices used for or relating to the prepayment of postal charges; stamp collecting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting stamps > [noun] stamp-collecting1862 timbrology1864 timbromania1864 timbrophily1864 philately1865 philatelism1871 1865 Stamp-collector's Mag. 3 182/2 He [sc. M. Herpin] proposes the word philatélie, which we anglicise into ‘philately’. 1881 Athenæum 1 Oct. 431/2 It is possibly a question whether the science should properly be called philately or timbrophily. 1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 603/1 The enhanced popularity enjoyed by the science and hobby of philately. 1978 M. Jevons Murder at Margin i. 8 When he decided to become a professor, it was partly in the belief that he would have plenty of time to pursue side interests of travel, philately and wide reading. 1994 Stamp Mag. Nov. 25/2 Royal Mail's efforts to promote philately worldwide, especially among the young, have been rewarded by the presentation of the new Golden Mercury award. 2. Stamps collectively. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > payment for postage > [noun] > postage stamp > collectively philately1930 1930 19th Cent. Dec. 785 The small-bourgeois quality of English philately remained untarnished with sham elegance. The stamps were just dowdy; nothing more. 1992 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 79 938 A substantial material culture universe of Columbiana surfaced in American painting and philately, monuments and sculpture, civic iconography and national coinage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865 |
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