| 单词 |
intellectuality |
| 释义 |
intellectuality|ɪntɪlɛktjuːˈælɪtɪ|
[ad. late L. intellectuālitās (Tertullian), f. intellectuālis: cf. It. intellettualità (Florio).]
The quality or state of being intellectual; intellectual power or ability.
1611Florio, Intellettualita, intellectuality. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 420 We may see how Fire is a symbol of Intellectuallity. 1667― Div. Dial. iv. xxxiii. (1713) 386 If you would but once vouchsafe to bow down your Metaphysical Intellectualities to these meaner Theories. 1701Beverley Apoc. Quest. 44 In the Former Parts of Prophecy the Prophetick Symbols, and Emblems have exceeded the Sensibility, and even Intellectuality of the Events. 1821Blackw. Mag. X. 89 A dispute..about the superior intellectuality of the profession. 1863Mrs. C. Clarke Shaks. Char. x. 255 It remained for Shakespeare to assert in behalf of his sisterhood a claim to the higher endowments of intellectuality. 1874L. Carr Jud. Gwynne I. i. 20 The whole space was..lighted up with passion and intellectuality.
b. transf. An embodiment of intellectual ability; an intellectual person (or one so reputed).
1866Carlyle Edw. Irving in Remin. (1881) I. 141 Irving..used to give breakfasts to intellectualities he fell in with..They were but stupid intellectualities. |
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