petit, larceny, larcenous, Examined Lives: petty failings, nationalism, un-Scottish

Five years ago, it was a larcenous dictatorship. Today, its transition to something resembling democracy has come faster than anyone anticipated

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This show of petty nationalism is un-Scottish.


'Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche'
By JAMES MILLER
Reviewed by SARAH BAKEWELL


James Miller argues that philosophers' willingness to reflect on their own petty failings makes their lives more, not less, worth studying.



"Examined Lives" 是Socrates 的人生觀， 即人生需要愛智才值得。

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Definition of larcenous

1.  having the character of or constituting larceny
2. 2:  committing larceny

petty

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Pronunciation: /ˈpɛti/

ADJECTIVE (pettier, pettiest)

1Of little importance; trivial:the petty divisions of party politics

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1.1Unduly concerned with trivial matters, especially in a small-minded or spiteful way:she thought readers were being petty in writing to complain about blocked paths

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2[ATTRIBUTIVE] Of secondary or lesser importance, rank, or scale; minor:a petty official

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2.1Law (Of a crime) of lesser importance:petty theftCompare with grand.

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Origin

late Middle English (in the sense 'small in size'): from a phonetic spelling of the pronunciation of French petit'small'. Compare with petit.

petit

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Pronunciation: /ˈpɛti /

ADJECTIVE

Law

(Of a crime) petty:petit larceny

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Origin

late Middle English (in the sense 'small or insignificant'): from Old French, 'small'; the same word as petty, with retention of the French spelling.

pet·it Pronunciation: \ˈpe-tē\

Function:adjective

Etymology:Middle English, small, minor, from Anglo-French, smallDate:14th century :

petty 1 —used chiefly in legal compounds

a. 【法】小さい, 重要でない.

 petit bourgeois

 　［F.］ 小市民（の）, プチブル階級の（人）.

1 : a member of the petite bourgeoisie 2 : petite bourgeoisie

— petit bourgeois adjective

 petit four　［pl. ～(s) fours） 小形の（パウンド）ケーキ.

French, literally, small oven

Date:

1884

: a small cake cut from pound or sponge cake and frosted

 petit jury　＝petty jury. 小陪審 ((12人で構成)).

 petit larceny　＝petty larceny. 軽窃盗罪.

 petit mal
　［F.］ 【医】てんかんの小発作.

pe·tit–maî·tre 

Pronunciation:

\pə-ˌtē-ˈmātr^ə\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural petits–maîtres  \same\

Etymology:

French, literally, small master

Date:

1711

: dandy fop

en·se pe·tit pla·ci·dam sub li·ber·ta·te qui·e·tem 

Pronunciation:

\ˌen-se-ˌpe-tit-ˈplä-ki-ˌdäm-su̇b-ˌlē-ber-ˌtä-te-kwē-ˈā-ˌtem\

Function:

foreign term

Etymology:

Latin

: with the sword she seeks calm repose under liberty : by the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty —motto of Massachusetts

pet·it point 

Pronunciation:

\ˈpe-tē-ˌpȯint\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

French, literally, small point

Date:

circa 1882

: tent stitch; also : embroidery made with this stitch