banausic
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banausic
- /bəˈnɔːsɪk/ UK
- /bəˈnɔzɪk/ US
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek βαναυσικός (banausikós, “of or for mechanics”), from βάναυσος (bánausos, “mechanical; ironsmith”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming relational adjectives). βάναυσος is derived from βαύνος (baúnos, “forge, furnace”), a Pre-Greek word of unknown origin.
adjective more banausic · most banausic
- Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical. The true "Gentleman," they [the ruling classes] assert, will far more easily acquire the technical knowledge necessary for an officer, a judge, or for the administration of some high post, than one who has been brought up in some banausic speciality, will be able to gain the general educational foun
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Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian.
After 1812, and when the worst portion of the Tories got enthroned in the supremacy, when the Banausic principle (we must coin a word from the most expressive of languages to express all its intense vulgarity) began to obtain, […] Lord Grey [Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey] did what might have been expe
Similar: mundane
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adj of or pertaining to technical matters
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adj uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian
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