tironictyronicadj.
/tʌɪˈrɒnɪk/ Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a tiro; betraying inexperience; amateurish. Apparently an isolated use.
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society > education > learning > learner > [adjective] > novice or beginner
younglinga1250
novice1530
freshmanly1568
elementary1601
neophyte1601
initiatea1616
novitious1619
abecedarian1633
tironizinga1660
novitial1778
neophytic1856
neophytish1897
rookie1902
tironic1909
Sears-Roebuck1917
1909 Daily Chron. 23 June 3/1 His handling of form and plot is occasionally tyronic, if one may be permitted a word that ought to exist.
Derivatives
ˈtironism n. (also ˈtyronism) inexperience.
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society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner > condition of
novitiate1610
novicehood1748
tironism1832
neophytism1845
1832 Examiner 660/1 The critic,..though modest and professing tyronism, is a good moderator.
ˈtironist n. (also ˈtyronist) = tiro n.
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society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner
younglingOE
new-comeOE
novice1340
ginner?c1400
beginner1470
apprentice1489
prentice1489
infant1526
freshmana1557
intrant1560
enterer1565
puny?1570
weakling1575
new comeling1587
novist1587
incipient1589
puisne1592
abecedary1596
neophyte1600
abecedarian1603
bachelor1604
novelist?1608
alphabetary1611
breeching boy1611
tiro1611
alphabetarian1614
principiant1619
unexperienced1622
velvet head1631
undergraduatea1659
young stager1664
greenhorn1672
battledore boy1693
youngster1706
tironist1716
novitiatea1734
recruit1749
griffin1793
initiate1811
Johnny Newcome1815
Johnny Raw1823
griff1829
plebe1833
Johnny-come-lately1839
new chum1851
blanc-bec1853
fledgling1856
rookie1868
elementarian1876
tenderfoot1881
shorthorn1888
new kid1894
cheechako1897
ring-neck1898
Johnny1901
rook1902
fresh meat1908
malihini1914
initiand1915
stooge1930
intakea1943
cub1966
1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 3 in Athenæ Britannicæ III They..are fitter for Veterans and Criticks in Closets and Libraries, than for Tyronists and Trivialists in Schools.
ˈtironize v. (also ˈtyronize) (intransitive) to play the tiro, to be a beginner.
ˈtironizing adj. (also ˈtyronizing)
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society > education > learning > learner > [adjective] > novice or beginner
younglinga1250
novice1530
freshmanly1568
elementary1601
neophyte1601
initiatea1616
novitious1619
abecedarian1633
tironizinga1660
novitial1778
neophytic1856
neophytish1897
rookie1902
tironic1909
Sears-Roebuck1917
a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 29 As ignorant of martiall discipline, as the most tyronizinge of them all.
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