单词 | stratagematic |
释义 | stratagematicadj. rare after mid 17th cent. Of, relating to, or characterized by the use of stratagems or strategy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > in contrivance or machination politic1543 practical1563 fetching1570 driftyc1571 Machiavellian1572 stratagematical1583 stratagemical1585 stratagematic1589 drifting1596 enterprising1602 Machiavelline1602 practitional1602 engineering1631 polititious1638 Machiavellic1645 designing1661 intriguing1790 manoeuvring1801 systematizing1827 scheming1838 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. viii. 15 Of this sorte of phantasie are all good Poets, notable Captaines stratagematique, all cunning artificers and enginers. 1629 J. Maxwell in tr. Herodian Hist. vi. 3 (margin) In which words the excellent Author hath couched both the parts of Warre: viz. Tactick and Strategematick. 1650 J. Hall Paradoxes 93 Many great stratagematick wits, have no better ways either of startleing their enemies, or retaining their friends, then by increasing the shew of their dangers. 1842 Brother Jonathan 19 Nov. 344/1 To spy out the land, and..to deduce therefrom the stratagematic policy of the prospective campaign. 1912 Hawaiian Ann. 129 It may be well for us to bear in mind both the economic and stratagematic importance of this phase of the industry. 1995 Far Eastern Affairs iii. 105/1 Ethical factors and stratagematic leanings of the rulers' policies based on them have always been..instrumental in the development of Chinese civilisation at large. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1589 |
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