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单词 mystifier
释义 mystifier|ˈmɪstɪfaɪə(r)|
[f. mystify v.2 + -er1.]
One who mystifies by practical joking or otherwise. Also, one who or a thing which causes perplexity or bewilderment.
1823New Monthly Mag. VIII. 116 In our own history, Oliver Cromwell shines the prince of mystifiers.1856Faraday in H. B. Jones Life (1870) II. 366 That phrase polarity in its present undefined state is a great mystifier.1859Hare Guesses (ed. 5) 213 He is not a mystic, but a mystifier.1886Pall Mall G. 23 June 1/1 If Demos is mystified much longer he will vote against his mystifier.
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