单词 | quodlibetarian |
释义 | quodlibetarianadj.n. A. adj. Designating or characteristic of a quodlibetarian (sense B. 1); of or relating to quodlibets. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [adjective] quodlibetarian1610 sophominga1618 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [adjective] > of the nature of quodlibets quodlibetal1581 quodlibetical1586 quodlibetarian1610 quodlibetary1647 quodlibetic1659 1610 T. Morton Encounter against M. Parsons ii. ix. 125 Their Quodlibettarian Priest declameth against the Iesuits. 1840 J. P. Kennedy Quodlibet xi. (heading) New light quodlibetarian democrats. 1870 Galaxy Sept. 321 Do angels know things more clearly in the morning?—ever escaped the utmost attempt of their quodlibetarian discussions, and are as far as ever from a satisfactory solution. 1955 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 18 291/1 The Quodlibetarian Disputation was held in Erfurt once a year. 2001 Amer. Hist. Rev. 106 1080/2 The ‘quodlibetarian model’ of academic disputations. B. n. 1. A person who discusses or engages in quodlibets; a writer of quodlibets. Cf. quodlibet n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > theologian > [noun] > one who discusses quodlibets quodlibetist1603 quodlibetarian1677 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] > exercise in > dealer in quodlibetist1603 quodlibetarian1677 1677 J. Owen Doctr. Justif. by Faith Introd. 8 It is..to no purpose to handle the mysteries of the Gospel as if..all the Sententiarists, Summists, and Quodlibetarians,..were to be raked out of their graves to be our guides. 1774 J. Ogilvie Philos. & Crit. Observ. II. § i. 7 These [sc. metaphysical subtleties] having been exploded by the Quodlibetarians, Sententiarians, Nominals, and Scotists. 1799 G. Huddesford Bubble & Squeak 30 Quest mongers and Quodlibetarians, Varlets who set mankind at variance. 1807 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 5) I. 92 The works of the scholastics, with the controversies of these Quodlibetarians, would at once testify all the greatness and the littleness of the human intellect. 1943 M. Beerbohm Lytton Strachey 22 That agile and mellifluous quodlibetarian, Dr. Joad. 1966 Duckett's Reg. Feb. 14/2 The clever quodlibetarians called it an obvious strategic move. 1999 Boston Globe (Nexis) 25 Feb. e 1 According to Elster, this makes the talk show host something of a quodlibetarian, ‘a pedantic blowhard’. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Quodlibetarian, one who follows the Dictates of his own Fancy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1610 |
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