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单词 phrontisterion
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phrontisterionn.

Brit. /ˌfrɒntᵻˈstɪərɪən/, /ˌfrɒntᵻˈstɪərɪɒn/, U.S. /ˌfrɑn(t)əˈstɪriˌɑn/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– phrontisterium, 1600s–1700s 1900s– phrontisterion, 1900s– frontisterion.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin phrontisterium; Greek ϕροντιστήριον.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin phrontisterium (1608 in a work title) and its etymon ancient Greek ϕροντιστήριον a ‘thinking-shop’, a term applied by Aristophanes in ridicule to the school of Socrates < ϕροντιστής phrontist n. + -τήριον , suffix forming nouns. Compare phrontistery n.
literary.
= phrontistery n.
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society > education > place of education > [noun] > educational institution
studya1382
school1440
learning-place1517
pedagogy1571
learning-seat1584
seminary1585
Academe1598
phrontisterion1615
phrontistery1623
pedagoguery1820
thinking-shop1837
centre of learning1844
1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar i. iii. sig. B3v 'Tis the learn'd Phrontisterion Of most diuine Albumazar.
a1635 T. Randolph Muses Looking-glasse iii. i. 42 in Poems (1638) Twill be the great Gymnasium of the Realme, The Phrontisterium of great Britayny.
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. ii. 71 Come open me your Phrontisterium, And quickly let me see this Socrates.
1704 J. Cory Metamorphosis 4 How unpardonable must it be then to Thunder at the Phrontisterion of the great Alcantara?
a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 583/1 The maps and geometrical instruments which the old Athenian found in the phrontisterium.
1899 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 489/1 We seem to be with the author in his phrontisterion, or thinking-shop.
1935 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 55 261/1 Strepsiades..merely takes off his cloak on entering the Phrontisterion.
1990 Omnibus Mar. 25/1 In desperation, the father tries to persuade his son to enrol at Socrates' new research-centre, the Phrontisterion or Brain-house.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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