| 单词 |
Kiplingism |
| 释义 |
Kiplingism|ˈkɪplɪŋɪz(ə)m|
[-ism.]
†1. Cambridge Univ. slang. A sarcastic term for the errors and solecisms alleged to occur in the edition of the ‘Codex Bezæ’ (1793) by Thomas Kipling (d. 1822), afterwards Dean of Peterborough.
1803Gradus ad Cantabrigiam 81 A Kiplingism; a blunder-bus levelled at poor Priscian's head by the learned Dr. Kipling. The opposition wits at Cambridge have composed an epigram of Kiplingisms. 1899‘G. F. Monkshood’ Kipling 15 A ‘Kiplingism’ was long an expression for a Latin blunder. 1950M. Marples University Slang 110 An anthology of Kiplingisms, somewhat on the lines of modern collections of howlers, is said to have been current in Cambridge for some years.
2. Views or opinions or style of expression characteristic of Rudyard Kipling (see Kiplingese).
1898Daily News 7 Oct. 6/3 The manner otherwise may degenerate into sheer mannerism, a Kiplingism of Kipling. 1901Speaker 26 Jan. 469/1 Sportsmen may be divided into two classes—those who care more for the chase than the killing and those who merely make ‘bags’ and break records. But the latter are not sportsmen..and their method is nothing but Kiplingism out of place. 1920H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. 524/1 The crude Darwinism and the Kiplingism of the later Victorian years. |
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