scopticalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

scoptical (comparative more scoptical, superlative most scoptical)

1. (obsolete) Jeering; jesting; jokey.

   Synonym: scoptic

   • a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “Sermon VII. Part I. On the Manner of Administering Reproof.”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], new edition, volume III, London: […] Thomas Tegg, […], published 1843, →OCLC, page 242:

     And therefore the Roman orator, discoursing of scoptical urbanity, or jesting, how far it was allowable in speeches and pleadings, lays down an excellent rule, fit to be owned by the most Christian charity, that two things were by no means to be made the subject of jest; namely, great crimes, and great miseries; […]

     The spelling has been modernized.

派生語

• scoptically

参照

• “scoptical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.