单词 | sciolus |
释义 | † sciolusn. depreciative. Obsolete. A person, esp. an editor of a text, who possesses only superficial knowledge; a sciolist. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge smatterer1519 grammatola1529 sciolus1607 morosophist1610 sciolist1612 groll1637 literatora1641 superficialista1691 morosoph1693 short-thinker1711 1607 R. C. in tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders To Rdr. sig. A4 As for other scapes..I know none: except some sciolus shal iudge it a fault to translate à pain & à pot, at bed and board: à pot & à cueillier, at racke and manger. 1612 T. James Treat. Corruption Script. (new ed.) v. 7 Certaine Scioli, or cunning men, which tooke vpon them..to mend the old Bookes vpon coniecture. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 34 Camden..advises to exclude these words,..as a glossema foisted in by some sciolus. 1707 J. Dunton Athenian Sport 515 The Scioli, the Gnosticks, and most profoundly learned men in all Ages..have been guilty of more Madness and Folly, than the more sober, illiterate, quiet Proletarii. 1836 J. B. White Let. 16 Oct. in Life (1845) III. 433 That poor mimic of the great Cicero attacks his master, in the true style of a Sciolus, concerning the etymology of that word. 1895 A. C. Clark in Cicero Pro T. Annio Milone p. xxxvi The sciolus, who, after the death of this great scholar, mangled his work under the pretence of editing it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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