单词 | polititious |
释义 | † polititiousadj. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.) Politic; political. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > in contrivance or machination politic1543 practical1563 fetching1570 driftyc1571 Machiavellian1572 stratagematical1583 stratagemical1585 stratagematic1589 drifting1596 enterprising1602 Machiavelline1602 practitional1602 engineering1631 polititious1638 Machiavellic1645 designing1661 intriguing1790 manoeuvring1801 systematizing1827 scheming1838 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) ii. 171 I could..perceive that Mahomitan Princes are terrible crafty or mysteriously politicious. 1689 Undaunted London-Derry (single sheet) 1/2 The Polititious Walker, by an intreague did quail them again. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 320 One of the public and polititious warldly-wise men that stude up to prevent ane general owning of the cause in the day of power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1638 |
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