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单词 confounder
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confoundern.

/kənˈfaʊndə/
Etymology: < confound v. + -er suffix1: probably going back to an Anglo-Norman confondour = Old French confondeur.
One who confounds:
a. One who ruins, destroys, overthrows, spoils, discomfits, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys
baneOE
losera1340
leeserc1380
stroyerc1380
destroyer1382
ravenerc1390
castera1400
confounder1401
wastera1425
stroyc1440
undoerc1440
unmakerc1450
confounderess1509
hydraa1513
stroy-good1540
abolisher1548
thunderbolt1559
disannullera1572
stroy-all1573
ruiner1581
down-puller1583
murdererc1585
spendingc1595
blaster1598
assassin1609
ruinater1609
dissolver1611
minerc1614
destructioner1621
fordoer1631
sinker1632
destructive1640
deletery1642
assassinatea1658
ruinator1658
destroyeress1662
destructora1691
dissolvent1835
solvent1841
wrecker1882
destructant1889
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > prevailing or mastering > overcoming or overwhelming > one who > completely
confounder1401
profligator1694
crusher1841
disher1892
1401 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 45 Thou seist we ben confounders of prelates and of lordes.
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. Fiij Of saynt Peters, or crystes patrymony Nowe fewe be founders, but confounders be many.
1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry iv. sig. H3v N. Tell you why sir? Are you my confessor? R. I will be your confounder, if you doe not. [Draws a dagger.]
1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 18 What a Confounder of Heresies.
1858 T. De Quincey Secret Societies (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay VII. 247 To strive after a conquest over Time the conqueror, to confound the grim confounder.
b. One who causes confusion or disorder, who confuses distinctions, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [noun] > one who or that which is indiscriminate
confounder1739
lumper1857
impurist1937
scattershot1961
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > confusing or disordering > one who
mingle-mangler1550
huddler1611
shuffler1611
confounder1739
1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 125 Not Founder, yet Confounder of the Feast.
1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. II. 16 This confounder of words was himself confounded by twelve answers by nonjurors!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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