Definitions

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  • noun a person like an ostrich; someone who ignores facts or reality or someone who lacks responsibility

Etymologies

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Coined in 1963 by Arthur Koestler, irregularly formed from Latin struthio ("ostrich")

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  • Struthonian has to do not with the Elizabethan-era oath “struth” but with ostriches: it’s from the Greek for sparrow—strouthos o megalos, the big sparrow—and it ought to be trending on Twitter.

    “A Way with Words” Is “Car Talk” for Lexiphiles Condé Nast 2020

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