| 单词 |
supellectile |
| 释义 |
supellectile, a. and n. Now rare or Obs.|s(j)uːpəˈlɛktaɪl, -tɪl|
Also 7–8 supp-; erron. supellectual.
[ad. L. supellectilis, prob. f. super, super- 1 + lectus couch: see -ile.]
A. adj. Pertaining to or of the nature of household furniture; transf. ornamental.
1615T. Adams Black Devil 4 Suppellectile Complements instead of substantial Graces. 1800J. Hurdis Fav. Village 86 To see their supellectile treasures float In playful dance around. 1843Blackw. Mag. LIV. 527 The inhabitants had the choice of being fried or drowned, along with their penates and their supellectile property.
B. n. Furniture (also fig.); scientific apparatus or equipment (see next).
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. *iv b, I am not the man which liveth by an other mans mutuated supellectilles. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 480 The Shops supellectuals..are almost innumerable. a1734North Lives (1890) III. 44 To remove all their books..and such suppellectiles as they esteemed worth the trouble of carrying out. 1793W. Roberts Looker-on No. 78 (1794) III. 234 Ideas are the matter, the supellectile of the mind. |
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