单词 | practician |
释义 | practiciann.adj. A. n. A person who practises a particular art, profession, or occupation (originally medicine); a practitioner. Also: a person with practical knowledge as opposed to a theorist. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > practician practician1474 practitionera1555 practiser1586 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. v. 119 The two laste that ben practisiens and werkers ben callyd phisicyens and cyrurgyens. ?1507 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 95 In medicyne the most practicianis, Lechis, surrigianis and phisicianis. 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount i. f. 118 Wherefore many practiciens, when they wyll gylte anye woode, laye the bottome or grounde..of yelow. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 4 Twixt Musitians and Practitians, oddes is great. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 9 Yet is generally concluded by the practicians of all Nations, that simplex conatus, or endeavor, is not now punishable by death. 1790 A. Swainston Thoughts Physiol., Pathol. & Pract. iii. v. 184 The utmost attention of a skilful and experienced practician is required. 1818 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 245 He..was a most learned and troublesome practician, as well as theorist, in dialectics. 1899 S. Colvin Lett. Stevenson I. 12 He looked..with the eye of the poet and artist, and not those of the practician and calculator. 1912 W. L. Balls Cotton Plant in Egypt vi. 106 One of the cherished fables of the practician teaches that heavy crops and fine staple cannot co-exist. 1944 Times 23 Sept. 5/4 Both types, the inarticulate practician and the fluent theorist, have their adherents. 1998 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 13 Nov. 7 The unanimous opinion among both political organs and practicians is that there must be initiatives to ‘force’ such a move. Practical, efficient. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] frameeOE goodeOE mightyOE vailanta1325 sicker1338 mightful1340 suffisant1340 virtuousa1387 effectivea1398 effectuala1398 worthya1398 availingc1420 effectuous?a1425 operant?a1425 substantialc1449 virtual?a1475 substantious1483 available1502 efficacious1528 energial1528 working1532 operatory1551 operatoriousa1555 stately1567 feckful1568 efficace?1572 shifty1585 operative1590 instrumental1601 efficable1607 speeding1612 effectuating1615 officious1618 availsome1619 prevailable1624 valid1651 perficient1659 affectuous1664 implemental1676 virtual1760 efficient1787 sufficient1831 slick1833 roadworthy1837 practician1863 positive1903 performant1977 1863 N. Brit. Daily Mail 9 Sept. 4/1 The eminently adaptive and practician character of the Americans goes far to supersede the necessity of tedious drill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1474 |
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