See Also: Pestalozzian(dictionary)

originally (oh) and Pestalozzian (iou)


originally (oh)



in the beginning, before Other things happened or before things changed
::The family originally came from France.
::The building was originally used as a prison.
::We originally intended to stay for just a few days.
[sentence adverb]
::Originally, we had planned a tour of Scotland but we didn't go in the end.

Pestalozzian (iou)



Pestalozzian adjective. E19.
[from Pestalozzi (1746-1827), Swiss educational reformer + -AN.]
Of or pertaining to the system of elementary Education devised by Jean Henri Pestalozzi in order to develop children's faculties in natural order, beginning with the perceptual powers.
Pestalozzi adjective designating any of several village communities for refugee and homeless children established on Pestalozzian principles in Switzerland and elsewhere in Europe after the war of 1939-45 M20.