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startler|ˈstɑːtlə(r)|
[f. startle v. + -er1.]
One who or something which startles.
†1. One who takes offence at something; one who awakes with a start. Obs.
1671[R. MacWard] True Non-Conf. 268 None, but such phantastick Formalists as you will prove startlers at this sure and acceptable simplicity. 1810Scott Lady of L. ii. xxi, When, dazzled by the eastern glow, Such startler cast his glance below.
2. One who does startling things.
1873Leland Egypt. Sketch-Bk. 309 Let us suppose that an artist—like many great modern startlers in paint—simply attempts to [etc.].
3. Something which startles; a startling thing.
1864‘Artemus Ward’ Among Mormons v. Wks. (1871) 205 This careless manner of carting off solid silver is rather of a startler. 1889Jerome Idle Thoughts 63 A subject the discussion of which will come upon the world in the nature of a startler. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 881 He heads the article in question appropriately, ‘An Optical Startler’. |