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单词 aggrandizer
释义

aggrandizern.

Brit. /əˈɡrandʌɪzə/, U.S. /əˈɡrænˌdaɪzər/
Forms: see aggrandize v. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: aggrandize v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < aggrandize v. + -er suffix1.Compare French agrandisseur (1611 in Cotgrave as †aggrandisseur in an isolated attestation, subsequently from late 19th cent. in specific sense ‘apparatus that enlarges photographs’). N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (æ·græ̆ndəizəɹ) /ˈæɡrændaɪzə(r)/.
A person who aggrandizes something; one who makes great or exalts.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank > exalting in rank or prosperity > one who
aggrandizer1715
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun] > one who
glorifier1579
dignifier1612
aggrandizer1715
1715 Remarks Lesley's Two Lett. from Bar le Duc 63 The Party who supplanted those Aggrandizers of themselves, were the most contented disinterested Creatures.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea IV. xxviii. 219 The aggrandizer of religion; a title which he prefixed to his name when he mounted the throne.
1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 204 The nobleman who..is not the aggrandizer of his family.
1870 G. A. Townsend New World compared with Old xxii. 592 Count Otto Von Bismarck, who, next to Frederick the Great, has been the greatest aggrandizer of Prussia, is Minister of Foreign Affairs.
1917 Proc. Acad. Polit. Sci. City N.Y. 7 104 ‘Backwardness’ is the excuse that the aggrandizers always find for going ahead where they can make no point of military necessity or national honor.
1941 J. T. Flynn Men of Wealth ii. 75 Here was a New Deal indeed..the state become the..fountain of blessings rather than the aggrandizer of the people's substance.
2005 Korea Herald (Nexis) 10 Mar. The Seoul Metropolitan Government selected Claes Oldenburg, pop artist and aggrandizer of ordinary objects, to create a ‘Seoul Landmark’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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