œconomy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪːˈkɒ.nɒ.mi/
Noun
œconomy (plural œconomies)
- Archaic spelling of economy.
- 1785, Vicesimus Knox, Liberal Education: Or, a Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning, §XXXI: on the regulation of puerile diverſions, part 4:
- At the age of ſeventeen or eighteen, they ſhould be indulged, even FOR A MORAL PURPOSE, in fiſhing, ſhooting, hunting*, tennis, cricket, and all other diverſions conſiſtent with ſafety, good company, health†, and œconomy.
- 1790, Antoine-François de Fourcroy, Elements of natural history, and of chemistry
- Its strong taste, its tendency to deliquiate, and indeed all its properties, lead us to think, that it would act powerfully on the animal œconomy […]
- 1785, Vicesimus Knox, Liberal Education: Or, a Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning, §XXXI: on the regulation of puerile diverſions, part 4:
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