† phrontistn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ϕροντιστής.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕροντιστής a deep thinker < ϕροντίζειν to consider, to be thoughtful ( < ϕροντίς thought, reflection ( < an ablaut variant of the base of ϕρεν- , ϕρήν mind: see phren n.) + -ίζειν -ize suffix) + -τής , suffix forming agent nouns. Compare German Frontistes (1813 in the passage discussed in quot. 1822).The Greek word was ironically applied to Socrates by Aristophanes ( Clouds 266). Compare post-classical Latin phrontista a steward (a1522), French phrontiste a contemplative, especially a Christian one (a1752).

Obsolete. rare.

A person devoted to studious meditation; a deep thinker. Cf. phrontisterion n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > one who ponders

ponderer?1526

considerera1568

contemplator1597

deliberator1598

surveyor1606

chewer1612

head-scratcher1618

considerator1658

reflecter1665

reflector1665

deliberant1672

preoccupier1746

ruminator1758

phrontist1822

incubator1851

1822 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 18 (note) The poet in nick-naming Socrates a Phrontist, meant to describe him as a sort of ennuyé, triste, pitiable busy-idler.

1916 B. B. Rogers in tr. Aristophanes Clouds p. xvii, in Comedies II Strepsiades is consulting the statue of Hermes as to the steps which he had better take to avenge himself on the Phrontists.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	phrontist
释义	† phrontistn. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ϕροντιστής. Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕροντιστής a deep thinker < ϕροντίζειν to consider, to be thoughtful ( < ϕροντίς thought, reflection ( < an ablaut variant of the base of ϕρεν- , ϕρήν mind: see phren n.) + -ίζειν -ize suffix) + -τής , suffix forming agent nouns. Compare German Frontistes (1813 in the passage discussed in quot. 1822).The Greek word was ironically applied to Socrates by Aristophanes ( Clouds 266). Compare post-classical Latin phrontista a steward (a1522), French phrontiste a contemplative, especially a Christian one (a1752). Obsolete. rare. A person devoted to studious meditation; a deep thinker. Cf. phrontisterion n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > one who ponders ponderer?1526 considerera1568 contemplator1597 deliberator1598 surveyor1606 chewer1612 head-scratcher1618 considerator1658 reflecter1665 reflector1665 deliberant1672 preoccupier1746 ruminator1758 phrontist1822 incubator1851 1822 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 18 (note) The poet in nick-naming Socrates a Phrontist, meant to describe him as a sort of ennuyé, triste, pitiable busy-idler. 1916 B. B. Rogers in tr. Aristophanes Clouds p. xvii, in Comedies II Strepsiades is consulting the statue of Hermes as to the steps which he had better take to avenge himself on the Phrontists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1822
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