All 3 Uses of
specimen
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- I have specimens from home that are even better than the Turks.†
Chpt 5 *specimens = examples regarded as typical of their class
- The effect left by the lofty idealism of his speech was somewhat marred, and Fetyukovitch's expression, as he watched him walk away, seemed to suggest to the public "this is a specimen of the lofty-minded persons who accuse him."†
Chpt 12specimen = an example regarded as typical of its class
- And those were the heroes of an older generation, ours are worse specimens still....†
Chpt 12specimens = examples regarded as typical of their class
Definition:
an example thought to represent its type; or a bit of tissue, blood, or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes