Crossword clues for banausic
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"merely mechanical," coined 1845 from Greek banausikos "pertaining to mechanics," from banausos "artisan, mere mechanical," hence (to the Greeks) "base, ignoble;" perhaps literally "working by fire," from baunos "furnace, forge" (but Klein dismisses this as folk etymology and calls it "of uncertain origin").
Wiktionary
a. 1 mechanical; materialistic, uncultured. 2 utilitarian
WordNet
adj. (formal) ordinary and not refined; "he felt contempt for all banausic occupations"
Usage examples of "banausic".
Resolute hissed at Banausic, as multiple individuals moved from the shadows in the warehouse district in Otedo.
Everyone in his original group took shelter there, with Resolute, Banausic, Bok, and Kerrigan sharing the watches.
Predator, Banausic, and a knot of a half-dozen made up the rear guard.
He chose to climb the ladder himself, and joined her and Banausic on the wheeldeck as soldiers turned the capstan and raised the anchor.
Alexia saw Banausic and Predator looking very proper in soft silks of green, blue, and silver.
The locals attempt country dances, a banausic and inappropriate entertainment.
At the far end was a wooden board on which were hung saws, chisels, knives and other banausic instruments of the trade.