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单词 wonder-monger
释义 ˈwonder-ˌmonger
[f. wonder n. + monger n. 2.]
One who deals in wonders; a wonder-worker, or relater of wonders.
1612Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. iv. iv, How are the great wonder-mongers of ægypt abashed.1651Wittie tr. Primrose's Pop. Err. 436 Those Wondermongers cannot take away the Kings evill.1745E. Haywood Female Spect. No. 18 (1748) III. 281 Invention! cried our wonder-monger, do I not tell you, sir,..that I saw it with my own eyes!1751G. Lavington Enthus. Meth. & Papists iii. (1754) Pref., The God Proteus..famous for being a juggling Wonder⁓monger..and turning himself into all Shapes.1851Newman Pres. Pos. Cath. 231 Future story-tellers and wonder⁓mongers.1863De Morgan Pref. in From Matter to Spirit p. xii, That some tricky wonder-monger had stuck the bill of a duck upon the neck of a quadruped.1867Swinburne Blake (1868) 94 No wonder-monger of the low sort need here have hoped for a pupil.
Hence ˈwonder-ˌmongering.
1886Gurney, etc. Phantasms of Living I. 128 Another instinct which tends directly to discourage wonder-mongering.1911W. De Morgan Likely Story iv. 112 That..class of persons which, when its attention turns towards wonder⁓mongering,..loses its head promptly.
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