chrestomathic
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editchrestomathic (not comparable)
- (of teaching or learning) That has a practical use
- 1822, The Quarterly Review, volume 27, page 382:
- If mankind be so intensely corrupt, if the world be the pandaemonium which he paints it, legislation would be in vain: chrestomathic education, and panopticon discipline would be fruitless […]
- 1834-1847, Robert Southey, The Doctor
- […] the art of destruction applied to noxious animals, a science which the said Jeremy proposes should form part of the course of studies in his Chrestomathic school.
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Noun
editchrestomathic (plural chrestomathics)