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单词 polypragmatist
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polypragmatistn.

Brit. /ˌpɒlɪˈpraɡmətɪst/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈpræɡmədəst/
Forms: 1600s polupragmatist, 1600s 1900s– polypragmatist.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πολυπράγματος , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πολυπράγματος busy about many things, meddlesome, officious (see polypragmatic adj.) + -ist suffix. Compare earlier polypragmist n., and also earlier polypragmon n. and slightly later polypragmatic n.
rare.
A person who is busy or concerned with many affairs; (formerly) spec. a busybody (cf. pragmatist n. 1).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > being a busybody or officiousness > a busybody
busybody1526
busyhead1555
stiffler1566
Jack-stickler1579
pragmatical1593
polypragmon1596
polypragmonist1609
polypragmist1613
factotum1618
ardelio1624
polypragmatist1631
pragmatic1634
polypragmatic1636
pragmatist1640
stickler1702
gad1756
pantopragmatic1860
butterinsky1902
eager beaver1942
1631 T. Heywood England's Elizabeth To Rdr. sig. A10 The Criticks of this age, who with their friuolous cauils and vnnecessary exceptions, ambush the commendable labours of others, when they themselues will not or dare not either through idlenesse or ignorance, aduenture the expence of one serious hower in any laborious worke intended for the benefit of either Church or Common-weale; and such Polupragmatists [1641 Polypragmatists] this age is full of.
1981 P. Harding in G. S. Shrimpton & D. J. McCargar Classical Contributions 4 The opponents of Athens..were united in the view that the Athenians were polypragmatists.
1997 E. Oliensis in T. Habinek & A. Schiesaro Rom. Cultural Rev. v. 93 The cheerful polypragmatist, who arrives uninvited at Horace's country retreat, is one of a long line of meal-cadging philosophers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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