Ximenean
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A cruciverbalist or crossword fan who shares Ximenes's beliefs about fair crossword setting.
— I managed to complete a puzzle and as Ximenes enjoyed solving it, and as I thought he might welcome the opportunity to enter a clue writing contest himself, I decided to send the puzzle to a few more Ximeneans and set the name of the author of the quotation as the word to be clued.
形容词 adj.
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Of or pertaining to the cryptic crossword style used and defined by "Ximenes" (Derrick Somerset Macnutt), whereby an acceptable cryptic clue must have a precise definition, a fair and strictly grammatical subsidiary indication, and no redundant elements beyond these.
— For example, I did not follow a Ximenean rule that a member of a larger class cannot be used to define the class itself (one poster brought this up).
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Pertaining to the religious teachings and publications of Ximénez de Cisneros.
— Speaking of the Ximenean Polyglot, Prescott calls it a “noble monument of piety, learning, and munificence, which entitles its author to the gratitude of the whole Christian world.”—Ferd. 5r Isab., Vol. III., p. 289.
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词源 1
Ximénez or Ximenes + -an
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Ximénez or Ximenes + -an
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