单词 | adulterator |
释义 | adulteratorn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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 sophisticator1605 adulterator1611 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. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > adulterer eaubruchea1000 eaubrekerec1175 wed-breaka1300 spousebreachc1350 adulterera1382 adulterc1384 spouse-breakera1387 vouterc1386 devoutour1393 wedlock-breakerc1500 devoterer1550 bed-swervera1616 adulterator1632 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). < n.1611 |
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