| 单词 |
aristocratical |
| 释义 |
ˌaristoˈcratical, a. (and n.)
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the rule of an aristocracy; oligarchical.
1589Hay any Work (1844) 48 Such is the civill governement..Aristocraticall in the higher house of Parliament. 1660R. Coke Justice Vind. 19 Where was there ever any such dissention..as in Democratical and Aristocratical States? 1756Burke Vind. Nat. Soc. Wks. 1842 I. 15 The monarchick, and aristocratical, and popular, partisans. 1874Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece v. 136 The aristocratical complexion of Athenian life.
2. Of or belonging to the higher classes.
a1733North Lives I. 201 There were bickerings against this power..in a manner aristocratical. 1791T. Paine Rights M. 26 Accustomed to kiss the aristocratical hand. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 356 No aristocratical mansion is to be found in that once aristocratical quarter. 1861Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. III. cl. 144 Needy aristocratical families.
B. as n. A partisan of aristocracy.
1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxii, Patricians, and plebians..aristocraticals and democraticals. |
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