▪ I. modistic, a.1
(məʊˈdɪstɪk)
[f. modiste + -ic.]
Relating to fashion or fashions.
| 1907 Times 16 Nov. 9/6 The sleeves of this dress show the trend of modistic thought in this direction. 1915 Queen 6 Nov. 855/3 The modistic information it contains is of the most enlightening description. |
▪ II. modistic, a.2
(məʊˈdɪstɪk)
[f. modistæ n. pl. + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to the modistæ.
| 1963 G. L. Bursill-Hall in Canadian Jrnl. Linguistics IX. 51 The modus essendi is the thing itself with its various properties; the thing is perceived in the mind and in the Modistic scheme this is the modus intelligendi. 1967 R. H. Robins Short Hist. Ling. iv. 77 The same distinction between form and matter recurs at various points in modistic speculative grammar. 1971 G. L. Bursill-Hall Speculative Grammars of Middle Ages ii. 40 Modistic grammatical theory rests on the study of words and the properties of these words as the ‘signs of things’. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Sept. 1164/2 The late medieval ‘modistic’ grammars, which attempted to relate the traditional ‘parts of speech’ to postulated categories of reality. 1974 Lang. Sciences XXXII. 27 Moreover, special doctrines of Thomas of Erfurt are assumed to be general features of modistic theory. |