adj.
Pronunciation: b ə - ' no ̇ -sik, -zik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek banausikos of an artisan, nonintellectual, vulgar, from banausos artisan
Date: 1845
: relating to or concerned with earning a living ― used pejoratively <contempt for the banausic occupations ― T. S. Eliot> also : UTILITARIAN , PRACTICAL <such mundane and banausic considerations as comfort and durability ― G. B. Boyer>