| 释义 |
empoisoner Obs. or arch.|ɛmˈpɔɪzənə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er.]
One who empoisons.
c1386Chaucer Pard. T. 566 Thus ended..the false empoysonere. a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. (1609) 96 Impoysoners..shall bee boyled to the death. 1600O. E. Repl. Libel i. v. 99 The father of all..murderers, empoisoners, and enemies to this state. 1622Bacon Hen. VII, 2 The Impoisoner of his wife. 1650Weldon Crt. Jas. I (1651) 65 They preferred Empoysoners to be servants to Sir Gervase Elwayes. 1829Landor Imag. Conv. (1846) II. 234 We live among..empoisoners.
fig.1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 810/2 A..wicked man that goeth about to sowe peruerse doctrine..what is hee els, but an impoisoner? 1653Gauden Hierasp. 412 The divels Empericks and empoisoners. |