eleemosynary

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌɛl.ɪ.iːˈmɒ.sɪ.nə.ɹi/    美 /ˌɛl.ɪˈmɑː.sə.nɛɹ.i/|/ˌɛl.ɪˈmɑː.zə.nɛɹ.i/|/ˌɛl.i.ɪˈmɑː.sə.nɛɹ.i/|/ˌɛl.i.ɪˈmɑː.zə.nɛɹ.i/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A beggar obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving.
    — I am bound to say he didn't criticise his benefactors, though practically he got tired of them; she, however, had the highest standards about eleemosynary forms.
  2. Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms
    — An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.
  3. Supported by charity
    — ... it is also true that the policy of nations, or the bounty of individuals, formerly did much to counteract the effect of this limitation of competition, by offering eleemosynary instruction to a much larger class of persons than could have obtained the same advantages by paying their price.

词形变化

more eleemosynary comparative most eleemosynary superlative eleëmosynary alternative eleemosynaries plural eleëmosynary alternative

词汇关系

近义词
charitable
衍生词
eleemosynarily eleemosynariness eleemosynary corporation noneleemosynary uneleemosynary

词源

词源 1
From Medieval Latin eleēmosynārius (“alms dispenser”), from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful”) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē, “suffix denoting an abstract noun”). Compare Italian elemosina.
词源 2
From Medieval Latin eleēmosynārius (“alms dispenser”), from Late Latin eleēmosyna (“alms”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful”) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē, “suffix denoting an abstract noun”). Compare Italian elemosina.
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