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.
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hernesheir commented on the word struthonian
Like an ostrich. struthonianism
June 10, 2017