单词 | psychrolute |
释义 | psychroluten. rare. A person who bathes outside regularly throughout the winter; spec. a member of a society formed c1840 to promote this practice. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun] > bathing > participant psychrolute1872 1872 Bp. Selwyn in J. E. Morgan Univ. Oars (1873) 302 Many were also psychrolutes, bathing in winter in all states of the river. 1897 Dict. National Biogr. LI. 339/2 [Sir L. Shadwell] was president of the Society of Psychrolutes, the qualification for the membership..being the daily practice of bathing out of doors from November to March. 1934 Times 24 May 15/6 Shadwell also occupied the attractive position of President of the Society of Psychrolutes. 1996 F. Spiegl Sick Notes 131/2 One who is given to taking cold baths is a psychrolute or psychrolutist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1872 |
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