The Only Use
edify
in
1984, by Orwell
(Edited)
- Parsons, his attention caught by the trumpet call, sat listening with a sort of gaping solemnity, a sort of edified boredom.
p. 58.4edified = while being instructededitor's notes: Edified boredom is an unusual phrase. It implies that Parsons is bored, and yet absorbing instruction at the same time.
Definitions:
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(1)
(edify) to instruct -- morally or intellectually
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)