Choose the type of definition that best describes the following:
There is a question that some people use to summarize the concerns of medieval scholars: "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" Wendell Johnson is credited with offering this answer: "Bring me a pin, and some angels, and we'll soon find out."
If one tried to make a man know what the word "pleasantness" meant by producing a rose and letting him smell it, and then producing chocolate and letting him taste it....
Richard Robinson, Definition
Printed from , all rights reserved. © Oxford University Press, 2024