banausic
[ buh-naw-sik, -zik ]
/ bəˈnɔ sɪk, -zɪk /
adjective
serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical: architecture that was more banausic than inspired.
Origin of banausic
Words nearby banausic
banana split,
bananaland,
bananas,
banaras,
banat,
banausic,
banbridge,
banbury,
banbury cake,
banbury tart,
banc
Example sentences from the Web for banausic
The burghers began to tune the melodies of a new music: a banausic artisan song.
Women of the Teutonic Nations |Hermann Schoenfeld
British Dictionary definitions for banausic
banausic
/ (bəˈnɔːsɪk) /
adjective
merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
Word Origin for banausic
C19: from Greek
banausikos for mechanics, from
baunos forge