单词 | philosophical month |
释义 | > as lemmasphilosophical month philosophical month n. now historical, a period of forty days, used esp. by alchemists. ΚΠ ?a1600 Coronation of Nature (MS B.L. Sloane 12) f. 41 Lett it putrefie in ye belly of a horse, According to ye Philosophicall month (to witt) forty days. 1765 tr. G. van Swieten Comm. Aphorisms Boerhaave (ed. 2) I. 393 His sight returned by degrees, and within a philosophical month became more acute than ever. 1988 Amer. Anthropologist 90 406/2 The flesh was to be dried, and smoked for a ‘philosophical month’. < as lemmas |
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