punditn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌndɪt/, U.S.

/ˈpəndət/

Forms: 1600s pondit, 1600s–1700s pendet, 1600s– pundit, 1700s pundeet, 1700s pundett, 1700s– pandit, 1800s pundet, 1800s pundita, 1900s– pandita.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit paṇḍita.

Etymology: < Sanskrit paṇḍita learned man, use as noun of paṇḍita (adjective) learned, skilled. Compare later pandect n.²The Sanskrit word was also borrowed into other European languages; compare French pandit (1819; 1614 as †pandite , 1663 as †pandet , 1667 in the passage translated in quot. 1672 at sense 1a as †pendet ), Spanish †pondito (beginning of the 17th cent.), Portuguese pandito (late 16th cent.), Italian pandit (a1652 as pandito ). The form pundett (see quot. 1661 at sense 1a) is recorded in a 1785 transcript.

a. Now usually in form pandit. In India: a learned or wise person; a person with knowledge of Sanskrit and Indian philosophy, religion, and law; (also) a Hindu priest or teacher. Sometimes used as a title of respect.In quot. 1886: an Indian person trained and employed under the British raj to survey regions beyond the British frontier in India.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun]

uþwitec888

larewc900

learnerc900

witec900

wise manOE

leredc1154

masterc1225

readera1387

artificer1449

man of science1482

rabbi1527

rabbin1531

worthy1567

artsmanc1574

philologer1588

artist1592

virtuoso1613

sophist1614

fulla1616

scholastica1633

philologist1638

gnostic1641

scholarian1647

pundit1661

scientman1661

savant1719

ollamh1723

maulvi1776

pandect1791

Sabora1797

erudit1800

mallam1829

Gelehrter1836

erudite1865

walking encyclopaedia1868

Einstein1942

society > law > jurisprudence > [noun] > legal knowledge or skill > one learned in the law > in specific branches or kinds of law

civiliana1425

civilistc1550

common lawyer1552

Justinianist1588

tenurist1588

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criminalista1631

criminista1631

Romanist1647

pundit1661

antecessor1753

constitutionalist1766

civil1776

publicist1795

codist1831

theologo-jurista1843

internationalist1855

Sabinian1862

Pandectist1895

society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > theologian > [noun] > Hindu

pundit1661

1661 H. Revington et al. Let. 10 June in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1661–4 (1923) 7 (modernized text) We expect every day to be called by Rowgee Pundett.

1672 H. Oldenburg tr. F. Bernier Continuation Memories conc. Empire Great Mogul III. 159 Their first study is of the Hanscrit, which is a Language..not known but by the Pendets [Fr. Pendets].

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 146 Into Places of Trust and Authority he puts only Brachmins, or their Substitutes, viz. Pundits..for Physicians.

1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) I. 60 The Pundits or Bramin lawyers, still speak the original language in which these ordinances were composed.

1792 T. Maurice Indian Antiq. I. Pref. 87 In an ancient Shaster..translated by Colonel Dow's pundeet.

1837 J. C. Maitland Lett. from Madras (1843) 86 Then there is the Pundit, or principal Hindoo law expounder—a Bramin.

1862 F. M. Müller in Sat. Rev. 13 Dec. 714/2 All our great Sanskrit Scholars..used to work..with a pandit at each elbow, instead of the grammar and dictionary.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 560/2 The Pundit who brought so much fame on the title was the late Nain Singh, C.S.I.

1891 C. R. Day Mus. & Mus. Instruments S. India v. 61 They..were probably composed by some Telegu pandit at the court of Mysore.

1953 Encounter Oct. 41/2 That this pandit (i.e. ‘wise man’) has become Prime Minister is one of the caprices of history.

1967 Guardian 26 Aug. 7/7 Having received choice jobs during the days of the Maharaja and the British Raj, the Pandits now resent the attempts to redress the balance in favour of..the Moslems.

2006 Toledo (Ohio) Blade (Nexis) 10 June b3 Seven Hindu pandits from across the country performed the ceremony under the guidance of Anantkumar Dixit.

b. Pundit of the Supreme Court n. now historical an officer in the Indian judiciary with the responsibility of advising British judges on questions of Hindu Law.The office ceased to exist in 1862, after the constitution of the High Court.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts

alderman1275

steward of the manor1303

Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425

remembrancer1451

augmentationer1550

associate1552

procurator-fiscal1564

proctor-fiscal1565

chafer1587

custos brevium1589

examiner1594

chafe-wax1607

exceptor1728

procurator general1740

Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769

Pundit of the Supreme Court1827

1827 J. Peggs Suttees' Cry to Brit. vii. 77 In the Bewasta, received from Mutoonjoy Pundit of the Supreme Court in 1817, respecting the burning of Hindoo widows and other sacrifices among the hindoos, Menu is not mentioned among the various authorities quoted.

1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 560/2 The Pundit of the Supreme Court was a Hindu Law-officer, whose duty it was to advise the English Judges..on questions of Hindu Law.

1993 R. Kumar Hist. Doing ii. 9 In 1817, Mrityunjaya Vidyalamkara, the Chief Pundit of the Supreme Court, announced that sati had no shastric sanction.

2. In extended use: an expert in a particular subject or field, esp. one frequently called upon to give his or her opinion to the public; a commentator, a critic.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun]

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mastereOE

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lore-fatherc1175

lerera1340

lister1377

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learner1382

teacherc1384

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lore-mastera1400

former1401

informer?c1422

preceptorc1450

instructora1464

informator1483

doctrinal?1504

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usher1533

instructer1534

trainer1543

educator1609

instituter1670

institutorc1675

subpreceptor1696

Barbe1710

pundit1816

umfundisi1825

preception1882

guru1884

mwalimu1884

rabbi1917

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skilful person > skilled and knowledgeable person

man of science1482

pundit1816

wise man1959

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority

masterc1225

historian?a1439

authentic1613

scientiate1647

supernaturalist1659

authority1665

connoisseur1732

pundit1816

expert1825

specialist1839

past master1840

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professional1846

beggar1859

specializer1868

passed master1882

buff1903

man1921

sharpshooter1942

sharpie1949

watcher1966

meister1975

1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master iii. 73 For English pundets condescend Th' observatory to ascend.

1862 Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 296 A point upon which the doctors of etiquette and the pundits of refinement will differ.

1896 G. Saintsbury Hist. 19th Cent. Lit. v. 213 Hallam..an honoured pundit and champion of the Whig party.

1924 C. E. Montague Right Place xiv. 222 To say things and try to believe them, just because some aesthetic pundit or critical mandarin has said them before.

1969 Listener 6 Sept. 308 Gilbert Harding..brought a compelling viewability to everything he did, whether as panel-gamester..or television cook and general pundit.

1976 Times 30 Sept. 8/7 Though frowned upon by some pundits as out-of-date and middle-class, Swallows and Amazons and its many sequels remain immensely popular with children.

1994 Evening Standard (Nexis) 6 Apr. 6 He has fetched up swigging beers as a pundit on a late-night show.

2002 P. I. Olson & Z. Emami Engendering Econ. viii. 164 Ron Walters..is now a political scientist at the University of Maryland, and often on television as a political pundit.

Derivatives

ˈpunditly adv. now rare in the manner of a pundit, in a learned way.

ΚΠ

1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 94 Also punditly, theoretically, by a careful comparison of all the Staverows.

1950 Winnipeg Free Press 18 Dec. 17/3 Mr. Nehru approaches politics more panditly than most world statesmen.

† punditship n. Obsolete Hindu scholarship.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1873 F. Hall in Scribner's Monthly 6 464 The shallowness of contemporary Punditship.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pundit
释义	punditn. Brit. /ˈpʌndɪt/, U.S. /ˈpəndət/ Forms: 1600s pondit, 1600s–1700s pendet, 1600s– pundit, 1700s pundeet, 1700s pundett, 1700s– pandit, 1800s pundet, 1800s pundita, 1900s– pandita. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit paṇḍita. Etymology: < Sanskrit paṇḍita learned man, use as noun of paṇḍita (adjective) learned, skilled. Compare later pandect n.²The Sanskrit word was also borrowed into other European languages; compare French pandit (1819; 1614 as †pandite , 1663 as †pandet , 1667 in the passage translated in quot. 1672 at sense 1a as †pendet ), Spanish †pondito (beginning of the 17th cent.), Portuguese pandito (late 16th cent.), Italian pandit (a1652 as pandito ). The form pundett (see quot. 1661 at sense 1a) is recorded in a 1785 transcript. 1. a. Now usually in form pandit. In India: a learned or wise person; a person with knowledge of Sanskrit and Indian philosophy, religion, and law; (also) a Hindu priest or teacher. Sometimes used as a title of respect.In quot. 1886: an Indian person trained and employed under the British raj to survey regions beyond the British frontier in India. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] uþwitec888 larewc900 learnerc900 witec900 wise manOE leredc1154 masterc1225 readera1387 artificer1449 man of science1482 rabbi1527 rabbin1531 worthy1567 artsmanc1574 philologer1588 artist1592 virtuoso1613 sophist1614 fulla1616 scholastica1633 philologist1638 gnostic1641 scholarian1647 pundit1661 scientman1661 savant1719 ollamh1723 maulvi1776 pandect1791 Sabora1797 erudit1800 mallam1829 Gelehrter1836 erudite1865 walking encyclopaedia1868 Einstein1942 society > law > jurisprudence > [noun] > legal knowledge or skill > one learned in the law > in specific branches or kinds of law civiliana1425 civilistc1550 common lawyer1552 Justinianist1588 tenurist1588 commoner1591 feudist1607 criminalista1631 criminista1631 Romanist1647 pundit1661 antecessor1753 constitutionalist1766 civil1776 publicist1795 codist1831 theologo-jurista1843 internationalist1855 Sabinian1862 Pandectist1895 society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > theologian > [noun] > Hindu pundit1661 1661 H. Revington et al. Let. 10 June in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1661–4 (1923) 7 (modernized text) We expect every day to be called by Rowgee Pundett. 1672 H. Oldenburg tr. F. Bernier Continuation Memories conc. Empire Great Mogul III. 159 Their first study is of the Hanscrit, which is a Language..not known but by the Pendets [Fr. Pendets]. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 146 Into Places of Trust and Authority he puts only Brachmins, or their Substitutes, viz. Pundits..for Physicians. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) I. 60 The Pundits or Bramin lawyers, still speak the original language in which these ordinances were composed. 1792 T. Maurice Indian Antiq. I. Pref. 87 In an ancient Shaster..translated by Colonel Dow's pundeet. 1837 J. C. Maitland Lett. from Madras (1843) 86 Then there is the Pundit, or principal Hindoo law expounder—a Bramin. 1862 F. M. Müller in Sat. Rev. 13 Dec. 714/2 All our great Sanskrit Scholars..used to work..with a pandit at each elbow, instead of the grammar and dictionary. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 560/2 The Pundit who brought so much fame on the title was the late Nain Singh, C.S.I. 1891 C. R. Day Mus. & Mus. Instruments S. India v. 61 They..were probably composed by some Telegu pandit at the court of Mysore. 1953 Encounter Oct. 41/2 That this pandit (i.e. ‘wise man’) has become Prime Minister is one of the caprices of history. 1967 Guardian 26 Aug. 7/7 Having received choice jobs during the days of the Maharaja and the British Raj, the Pandits now resent the attempts to redress the balance in favour of..the Moslems. 2006 Toledo (Ohio) Blade (Nexis) 10 June b3 Seven Hindu pandits from across the country performed the ceremony under the guidance of Anantkumar Dixit. b. Pundit of the Supreme Court n. now historical an officer in the Indian judiciary with the responsibility of advising British judges on questions of Hindu Law.The office ceased to exist in 1862, after the constitution of the High Court. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > an officer of the court > [noun] > other officers of specific courts alderman1275 steward of the manor1303 Queen's (also King's) Proctor?a1425 remembrancer1451 augmentationer1550 associate1552 procurator-fiscal1564 proctor-fiscal1565 chafer1587 custos brevium1589 examiner1594 chafe-wax1607 exceptor1728 procurator general1740 Marshal of the (Court of) Admiralty1769 Pundit of the Supreme Court1827 1827 J. Peggs Suttees' Cry to Brit. vii. 77 In the Bewasta, received from Mutoonjoy Pundit of the Supreme Court in 1817, respecting the burning of Hindoo widows and other sacrifices among the hindoos, Menu is not mentioned among the various authorities quoted. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 560/2 The Pundit of the Supreme Court was a Hindu Law-officer, whose duty it was to advise the English Judges..on questions of Hindu Law. 1993 R. Kumar Hist. Doing ii. 9 In 1817, Mrityunjaya Vidyalamkara, the Chief Pundit of the Supreme Court, announced that sati had no shastric sanction. 2. In extended use: an expert in a particular subject or field, esp. one frequently called upon to give his or her opinion to the public; a commentator, a critic. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] larewc900 mastereOE lorthewc1160 lore-fatherc1175 lerera1340 lister1377 loresman1377 doctora1382 learner1382 teacherc1384 readera1387 lore-mastera1400 former1401 informer?c1422 preceptorc1450 instructora1464 informator1483 doctrinal?1504 lear-father1533 usher1533 instructer1534 trainer1543 educator1609 instituter1670 institutorc1675 subpreceptor1696 Barbe1710 pundit1816 umfundisi1825 preception1882 guru1884 mwalimu1884 rabbi1917 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skilful person > skilled and knowledgeable person man of science1482 pundit1816 wise man1959 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority masterc1225 historian?a1439 authentic1613 scientiate1647 supernaturalist1659 authority1665 connoisseur1732 pundit1816 expert1825 specialist1839 past master1840 sharp1840 professional1846 beggar1859 specializer1868 passed master1882 buff1903 man1921 sharpshooter1942 sharpie1949 watcher1966 meister1975 1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master iii. 73 For English pundets condescend Th' observatory to ascend. 1862 Sat. Rev. 15 Mar. 296 A point upon which the doctors of etiquette and the pundits of refinement will differ. 1896 G. Saintsbury Hist. 19th Cent. Lit. v. 213 Hallam..an honoured pundit and champion of the Whig party. 1924 C. E. Montague Right Place xiv. 222 To say things and try to believe them, just because some aesthetic pundit or critical mandarin has said them before. 1969 Listener 6 Sept. 308 Gilbert Harding..brought a compelling viewability to everything he did, whether as panel-gamester..or television cook and general pundit. 1976 Times 30 Sept. 8/7 Though frowned upon by some pundits as out-of-date and middle-class, Swallows and Amazons and its many sequels remain immensely popular with children. 1994 Evening Standard (Nexis) 6 Apr. 6 He has fetched up swigging beers as a pundit on a late-night show. 2002 P. I. Olson & Z. Emami Engendering Econ. viii. 164 Ron Walters..is now a political scientist at the University of Maryland, and often on television as a political pundit. Derivatives ˈpunditly adv. now rare in the manner of a pundit, in a learned way. ΚΠ 1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 94 Also punditly, theoretically, by a careful comparison of all the Staverows. 1950 Winnipeg Free Press 18 Dec. 17/3 Mr. Nehru approaches politics more panditly than most world statesmen. † punditship n. Obsolete Hindu scholarship.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1873 F. Hall in Scribner's Monthly 6 464 The shallowness of contemporary Punditship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). punditv. Brit. /ˈpʌndɪt/, U.S. /ˈpəndət/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pundit n. Etymology: < pundit n. intransitive. To comment or speak in the manner of a pundit or expert.In quot. 1967 transitive (cf. head n.¹ Phrases 2c(b)(ii)). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > extreme opinion, dogmatism > assert dogmatically [verb (intransitive)] dogmatize1611 to lay out1748 to lay down the law1762 pontificate1818 pundit1940 1940 Los Angeles Times 23 Sept. ii. 4/6 Recently one of the Mutual system's commentators..invited Democratic National Chairman Flynn to sit in as guest political pundit. Bro. Flynn, instead of punditing, let fly with a tirade at Willkie. 1959 Time (Atlantic ed.) 19 Oct. 61 Huntley..is..inclined to take a panoramic view of the news, more inclined to pundit. 1967 Punch 4 Jan. 2/2 Take Alfie Hinds, currently punditing his head off as the BBC's escapological correspondent. 1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 June (Outlook section) c1 What Rowan did by firing a warning shot..was to make a more powerful case..than all his years of punditing ever could. 1998 Evening Standard (Nexis) 30 Dec. 31 Indeed, as he pundited on, I was reminded of Churchill's jaded remark to a waiter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1661v.1940
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punditn.

Derivatives

punditv.