单词 | attitudinarian |
释义 | attitudinarian|ˌætɪtjuːdɪˈnɛərɪən| [f. as prec. + -arian; cf. valetudinarian.] 1. One who studies and practises attitudes.
1754–6Cowper in Connoisseur No. 138 Those buffoons in society, the Attitudinarians and Face-makers. These accompany every word with a peculiar grimace or gesture. 1831J. Boaden Life Mrs. Jordan I. xiii. 310 Dancing was certainly more strictly a science, and either the jumper or the attitudinarian undervalued by the masters of the art. 1870Contemp. Rev. XV. 281 The attitudinarians of the Ritualistic Churches. 2. attrib. or quasi-adj.
1823Examiner 9 June 379/2 When an artist intends only to give some dashes of luxuriant colour and hints of attitudinarian character,..we will not think of wishing for the presence of higher qualities. |

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