单词 | studiosity |
释义 | studiosityn. The quality of being studious; studiousness. Frequently personified in early use. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [noun] > studiousness studiosityc1450 studiousness1530 bookishness1577 bookism1788 bookiness1877 c1450 Bk. Gostlye Grace (1979) 300 Studiosyte, þat es to say, studye or besynes or warenes. 1578 J. Florio Firste Fruites f. 72v The daughters of Temperance..are..Shame, Honestie,..Modestie, Studiositie, [etc.]. 1617 H. Fitzgeffrey Satyres xxxv. sig. D3v (heading) Tym's Studiosity. 1672 T. Vincent tr. G. Bona Guide to Heaven xxxiii. 189 Studiosity hath two Offices; One is to temperate and moderate the appetite of knowing. 1867 W. Sandys Trans. Loggerville Literary Society iv. 32 Why pass your days in bookish studiosity? 1922 H. Lofting Voy. Dr. Dolittle iii. i. 150 You are a man of great studiosity. 1944 Thomist 7 372 Sobriety keeps desire for inebriating liquor within reasonable bounds; studiosity enkindles or quiets intellectual curiosity. 2010 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 9 June 15 The things one can have studiosity for include the things under the sun. That desire to know is implanted in our nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450 |
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