单词 | wykehamical |
释义 | Wykehamicaladj. 1. Of or pertaining to Winchester College, or the pupils or staff of this; = Wykehamist adj. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [adjective] > specific schools Wykehamica1711 Westminster1728 Etonian1749 Wykehamical1758 Pauline1831 Wykehamist1865 Wellingtonian1867 1758 C. Golding Def. Conduct 38 He hath given the Electors Liberty to take a Person..from within the Wykehamical Societies. 1791 G. Huddesford Salmagundi 101 William of Wickham, a Song for the Wiccamical Anniversary. 1830 W. L. Bowles Life Bp. Ken I. 18 Dulce Domum, the old Wykehamical song. 1830 W. L. Bowles Life Bp. Ken I. 23 The great object of Wykehamical hopes, New College. 1878 H. C. Adams Wykehamica xxii. 397 In Wykehamical phrase, the Præfect..would..have ‘broken their necks’. 1901 Athenæum 26 Jan. 105/3 If we were asked to select the typical Wykehamical epitaph. 2. That is or has been a pupil of, or connected with, Winchester College. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [adjective] > pupil of specific school Eton1663 Wykehamical1844 Shirburnian1859 1844 R. Palmer in Mem. (1896) I. 364 I printed them for private and anonymous circulation among my Wykehamical friends. 1878 H. C. Adams Wykehamica xvii. 320 This oath is one of the things which the Wykehamical body ought to have abolished long ago. 1903 Fearon in C. E. Osborne Life Fr. Dolling ix He was rapidly adopted within the Wykehamical family, and was what the school would have called ‘a most patriotic Wykehamist’. Derivatives Wykehamically adv. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [adverb] > specific school Wykehamically1878 1878 H. C. Adams Wykehamica xxiii. 418 Chouse, ‘a shame’... Here the word has been Wykehamically diverted from its original meaning, viz. ‘to cheat’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1758 |
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