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单词 adulterator
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adulteratorn.

Brit. /əˈdʌltəreɪtə/, U.S. /əˈdəltəˌreɪdər/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adulterātor.
Etymology: < classical Latin adulterātor person who counterfeits or debases (the coinage) (2nd cent. a.d. in legal context), in post-classical Latin also adulterer (13th cent. in a British source) < adulterāt- , past participial stem of adulterāre adulter v. + -or -or suffix. Compare French adultérateur person who adulterates or debases (1552 in Middle French). Compare earlier adulterer n.
1. A person who adulterates or debases by contamination; spec. one who makes something poorer in quality or unusable for its original purpose by adding another substance.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > admixture or addition as ingredient > adulteration > one who adulterates
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Abastardisseur An adulterator; sophisticator, counterfeiter.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. i. 20 A piece of Silver Coyn kept a while in Aqua-fortis, according to the criminal tricks of Adulterators of Money.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 52 The Depravers and Adulterators of the Atomical Philosophy.
1733 Englishmen's Eyes Open'd 60 Wine-Coopers, and Adulterators..have engross'd that Trade to themselves.
1828 (title) Wine and spirit adulterators unmasked.
1870 Echo 7 Feb. The Board of Commerce of Delft tried to combat the adulterators, and for that purpose sent real butter of good quality to England.
1993 Independent on Sunday 17 Oct. 9/2 Adulteration was a highly sophisticated business... Chemists were making a nice living out of selling their skills to adulterators.
2010 Pioneer (India) (Nexis) 14 May To initiate legal actions against the black-marketers and food adulterators.
2. A person who defiles by adultery; an adulterer. Obsolete. rare.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > adulterer
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1632 T. Heywood Iron Age ii. iv. i. 411 The adulterator of his Soueraignes bed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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