单词 | simplicitarian |
释义 | simplicitariann.ΚΠ 1809 Christian Observer Apr. 229/2 These simplicitarians..delight in putting feeling to the rack. 2. A person who lives modestly, plainly, or frugally; an advocate of living simply. ΚΠ 1837 C. Lofft Self-formation I. 71 A man of letters..was in hardly better repute..with those noble simplicitarians. 1894 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Nov. 45/1 We are Simplicitarians... Our notion is that the less complex we make life the more enjoyable it becomes. 1909 Academy 13 Mar. 876/1 It may be particularly commended to the gaze of the spurious simplicitarians of our own day. 2004 J. F. Sherry in K. M. Ekström & H. Brembeck Elusive Consumption iii. 60 The bioregionalists, voluntary simplicitarians, gated communitarians or some as yet undeclared monastic or hermetic enclaves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1809 |
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