单词 | polypragmatist |
释义 | polypragmatistn. 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). < n.1631 |
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