单词 | quodlibetary |
释义 | † quodlibetaryn.adj. Obsolete. A. n. 1. A quodlibet (quodlibet n. 1a); a point to be debated; a minor point or quibble. Also: a person who discusses or engages in quodlibets. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > [noun] > (question for) discussion quodlibetc1400 quodlibetary1604 1604 R. Cudworth in W. Perkins Comm. Fiue First Chapters Epist. Galatians Ep. Ded. sig. 3v The Schoolemen (I meane the Sententiaries, the Summists, and Quodlibetaries) are chiefly..to be censured, who..haue vanished away in vaine speculations. 1609 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 162 So, he having made use of all the Quodlibetaries, imputations against the other, cannot be obnoxious himself in that kinde. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iv. i. iii. 754 To salue all apparances, obiects, such quirkes and quiddities, Quodlibetaries, as Bale saith of Ferribrigge & Strode. 2. A person who follows his or her desire. rare. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Quodlibitaries, those that run after their own fancy or imagination, and do what they list. 1677 E. Coles Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Quodlibitaries, that follow their own fancies. B. adj. Relating to, or of the nature of, a quodlibet or quodlibets. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > [adjective] > (question for) discussion quodlibetal1581 quodlibetical1586 quodlibeting1604 quodlibetary1647 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [adjective] > of the nature of quodlibets quodlibetal1581 quodlibetical1586 quodlibetarian1610 quodlibetary1647 quodlibetic1659 1647 tr. Supreme Power Christian States Vindicated 160 I will only drive this Walachrian Papist to quodlibetary fooleries. 1895 J. C. Beckwith tr. V. Hugo Nôtre Dame I. i. i. 22 Down with the disputations, cardinal, and quadlibetary [Fr. quodlibétaires]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1604 |
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