pupil-likeadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈpjuːpl̩lʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpjup(ə)lˌlaɪk/

Forms: see pupil n.¹ and -like suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pupil n.¹, -like suffix.

Etymology: < pupil n.¹ + -like suffix.

rare.

†A. adv.

In the manner of a pupil. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 31 Wilt thou pupill-like Take the correction, mildly kisse the rod.

B. adj.

That resembles a pupil.

ΚΠ

1663 in E. Waterhouse Comm. Fortescue's De Laudibus Legum xv. 224 His pupillike ingenuity: to remember what Youth is told, and to observe the Precepts of communicated Wisdom.

1876 Scribner's Monthly Oct. 890/1 We must confess a yielding to its influence, as pleased and beguiling, and pupil-like as if Peter Parley or Malte-Brun had been our usher.

1912 Olean (N.Y.) Evening Times 11 Apr. 6/2 With a pupil-like shyness he volunteered: ‘Yo' berth is all ready.’

1932 Times 21 Dec. 13/4 A definite and memorable odour of chalk and ink and scrubbed wood that attaches to school class-rooms, which might induce a receptive and pupil-like frame of mind.

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

单词	pupil-like
释义	pupil-likeadv.adj. Brit. /ˈpjuːpl̩lʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈpjup(ə)lˌlaɪk/ Forms: see pupil n.¹ and -like suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pupil n.¹, -like suffix. Etymology: < pupil n.¹ + -like suffix. rare. †A. adv. In the manner of a pupil. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 31 Wilt thou pupill-like Take the correction, mildly kisse the rod. View more context for this quotation B. adj. That resembles a pupil. ΚΠ 1663 in E. Waterhouse Comm. Fortescue's De Laudibus Legum xv. 224 His pupillike ingenuity: to remember what Youth is told, and to observe the Precepts of communicated Wisdom. 1876 Scribner's Monthly Oct. 890/1 We must confess a yielding to its influence, as pleased and beguiling, and pupil-like as if Peter Parley or Malte-Brun had been our usher. 1912 Olean (N.Y.) Evening Times 11 Apr. 6/2 With a pupil-like shyness he volunteered: ‘Yo' berth is all ready.’ 1932 Times 21 Dec. 13/4 A definite and memorable odour of chalk and ink and scrubbed wood that attaches to school class-rooms, which might induce a receptive and pupil-like frame of mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1597
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