contemplatorn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒntəmpleɪtə/,

/ˈkɒntɛmpleɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑn(t)əmˌpleɪdər/

Forms: late Middle English contemplatoure, 1500s– contemplator, 1600s contemplatour.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin contemplātor.

Etymology: < classical Latin contemplātor person who observes or studies < contemplāt- , past participial stem of contemplāre contemplate v. + -or -or suffix. Compare slightly earlier contemplative n.Compare Middle French, French contemplateur person who observes (something) carefully (late 14th cent.), person who engages in religious or spiritual contemplation (15th cent.), Old Occitan contemplador.

a. A person who engages in or practises contemplation or deep reflection, in early use esp. of a religious or spiritual nature.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > one who contemplates

Maryc1230

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c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 13 (MED) Wheþer a man wole be a contemplatoure or an outward actif worcher in þe service of god.

1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. xxix. 395 Where to contemplate him [sc. Iesus]? In a painted and materiall Image of wood or of stone. And what shal I there see? His remembrance say these deepe contemplators.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse Ep. Ded. sig. ¶3 Democritus..puld out his owne eyes to become a continuall contemplatour.

1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 67 Subtilities of unconceivably profound Contemplators.

1771 C. Bulkley Disc. Parables Blessed Saviour IV. ix. 231 Of what greater benefit to mankind are the amplest intellectual treasures whilst secreted in the mind of the solitarie contemplator?

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. iii. 439 The mysticism of Hugo de St. Victor withdrew the contemplator altogether from the outward to the inner world.

1889 Critic (N.Y.) 21 Sept. 139/2 This is the proper attitude of the contemplative mind; and if we had a few more of such contemplators, the world would not be the worse for them.

1900 F. C. de Sumichrast tr. T. Gautier Wks. (Subscribers' ed.) I. i. 123 Women care very little for mere contemplators, but greatly prize men who turn their thoughts into action.

2014 Daily News (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 7 Oct. The content and style of the play are quite niche. This would probably be one for the thinkers and contemplators out there.

b. With of or (rarely) †on. A person who thinks deeply or carefully about something (or occasionally someone) specified; a person who meditates or reflects upon something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > one who ponders

ponderer?1526

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1597 King James VI & I Daemonologie i. iii. 8 To be ane contemplator or Interpretour of Divine and heavenlie sciences.

a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) xii. 199 A contemplator of truth.

1706 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 4) iv. 354 The Serious Contemplator on those Stupendous Works of Nature.

1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature Demonstrative Evid. 121 This contemplator of beings universal.

1813 New Rev. Dec. 608/1 A gloomy contemplator of human life is represented as having entered into a solitary retreat.

1869 J. H. Lupton Colet's Dionysius 117 A contemplator of heavenly things.

1930 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 13 Sept. 7/4 The sage would sit calm and almost statuesque as the contemplator of time and eternity.

2003 College Lit. 30 34 Interviewers have found him an articulate and interesting contemplator of his craft.

†2. A person who engages in theoretical reasoning; a theorist. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [noun] > holder of theories

contemplator1563

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speculatist1693

theory man1727

theory-monger1747

theoretician1782

theorizer1792

theory-tailor1875

1563 S. Wythers tr. J. Sleidane Briefe Chron. Foure Principall Empyres i. f. 15^v Phisitions, and according to the saying of Cicero, contemplators [L. speculatores] and searchers out of nature.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 39 There were many..meerely proiecting, verball, and idle contemplators.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xi. 332 The Platonick contemplators .

3. An observer or spectator, esp. one who observes carefully or attentively.Cf. navel-contemplator n. at navel n. Compounds 2, and the note at contemplate v. 1a on the related phrase to contemplate one's navel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator

showerOE

beholderc1374

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1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 51 Severe contemplators observing these lasting reliques may think them good monuments of persons past, little advantage to future beings.

1800 Albion & Evening Advertiser 8 Aug. Nature..seems to have taken pleasure..in scattering beauties which the attentive contemplator finds ever new.

1874 A. H. Chappell Misc. Georgia ii. 18 The..leaders for whom they are mangled and butchered..skulk at home or far in the rear, safe contemplators of the scene.

1985 in C. Achebe & C. L. Innes Afr. Short Stories (1987) 139 He was the kind of man who could be quite attractive so long as he remained more than a touch away from the contemplator.

2005 R. Storr in B. Altshuler Collecting the New (2007) 36 Plucking them [sc. artists] from art history..threatens to change the variously engaged viewer into a simple contemplator.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	contemplator
释义	contemplatorn. Brit. /ˈkɒntəmpleɪtə/, /ˈkɒntɛmpleɪtə/, U.S. /ˈkɑn(t)əmˌpleɪdər/ Forms: late Middle English contemplatoure, 1500s– contemplator, 1600s contemplatour. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin contemplātor. Etymology: < classical Latin contemplātor person who observes or studies < contemplāt- , past participial stem of contemplāre contemplate v. + -or -or suffix. Compare slightly earlier contemplative n.Compare Middle French, French contemplateur person who observes (something) carefully (late 14th cent.), person who engages in religious or spiritual contemplation (15th cent.), Old Occitan contemplador. 1. a. A person who engages in or practises contemplation or deep reflection, in early use esp. of a religious or spiritual nature. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > one who contemplates Maryc1230 contemplatorc1443 theoric1594 muser1597 meditator1607 contemplant1612 contemplatist1634 theoretic1675 contemplativea1711 meditant1748 ruminator1758 meditatist1860 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 13 (MED) Wheþer a man wole be a contemplatoure or an outward actif worcher in þe service of god. 1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. xxix. 395 Where to contemplate him [sc. Iesus]? In a painted and materiall Image of wood or of stone. And what shal I there see? His remembrance say these deepe contemplators. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse Ep. Ded. sig. ¶3 Democritus..puld out his owne eyes to become a continuall contemplatour. 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 67 Subtilities of unconceivably profound Contemplators. 1771 C. Bulkley Disc. Parables Blessed Saviour IV. ix. 231 Of what greater benefit to mankind are the amplest intellectual treasures whilst secreted in the mind of the solitarie contemplator? 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. iii. 439 The mysticism of Hugo de St. Victor withdrew the contemplator altogether from the outward to the inner world. 1889 Critic (N.Y.) 21 Sept. 139/2 This is the proper attitude of the contemplative mind; and if we had a few more of such contemplators, the world would not be the worse for them. 1900 F. C. de Sumichrast tr. T. Gautier Wks. (Subscribers' ed.) I. i. 123 Women care very little for mere contemplators, but greatly prize men who turn their thoughts into action. 2014 Daily News (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 7 Oct. The content and style of the play are quite niche. This would probably be one for the thinkers and contemplators out there. b. With of or (rarely) †on. A person who thinks deeply or carefully about something (or occasionally someone) specified; a person who meditates or reflects upon something. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > one who ponders ponderer?1526 considerera1568 contemplator1597 deliberator1598 surveyor1606 chewer1612 head-scratcher1618 considerator1658 reflecter1665 reflector1665 deliberant1672 preoccupier1746 ruminator1758 phrontist1822 incubator1851 1597 King James VI & I Daemonologie i. iii. 8 To be ane contemplator or Interpretour of Divine and heavenlie sciences. a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) xii. 199 A contemplator of truth. 1706 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 4) iv. 354 The Serious Contemplator on those Stupendous Works of Nature. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature Demonstrative Evid. 121 This contemplator of beings universal. 1813 New Rev. Dec. 608/1 A gloomy contemplator of human life is represented as having entered into a solitary retreat. 1869 J. H. Lupton Colet's Dionysius 117 A contemplator of heavenly things. 1930 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 13 Sept. 7/4 The sage would sit calm and almost statuesque as the contemplator of time and eternity. 2003 College Lit. 30 34 Interviewers have found him an articulate and interesting contemplator of his craft. †2. A person who engages in theoretical reasoning; a theorist. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [noun] > holder of theories contemplator1563 theorist1588 theorician1635 putationer1658 speculatist1693 theory man1727 theory-monger1747 theoretician1782 theorizer1792 theory-tailor1875 1563 S. Wythers tr. J. Sleidane Briefe Chron. Foure Principall Empyres i. f. 15^v Phisitions, and according to the saying of Cicero, contemplators [L. speculatores] and searchers out of nature. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia ii. 39 There were many..meerely proiecting, verball, and idle contemplators. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xi. 332 The Platonick contemplators . View more context for this quotation 3. An observer or spectator, esp. one who observes carefully or attentively.Cf. navel-contemplator n. at navel n. Compounds 2, and the note at contemplate v. 1a on the related phrase to contemplate one's navel. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator showerOE beholderc1374 lookera1382 espiouressc1430 considererc1449 overseerc1450 regarder1525 surveyor1558 viewer1565 spectatora1586 regardant1590 aspector1603 supervisor1610 eyer1611 spectatrix1611 spectatress1632 speculator1647 contemplator1658 attender1665 espier1860 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 51 Severe contemplators observing these lasting reliques may think them good monuments of persons past, little advantage to future beings. 1800 Albion & Evening Advertiser 8 Aug. Nature..seems to have taken pleasure..in scattering beauties which the attentive contemplator finds ever new. 1874 A. H. Chappell Misc. Georgia ii. 18 The..leaders for whom they are mangled and butchered..skulk at home or far in the rear, safe contemplators of the scene. 1985 in C. Achebe & C. L. Innes Afr. Short Stories (1987) 139 He was the kind of man who could be quite attractive so long as he remained more than a touch away from the contemplator. 2005 R. Storr in B. Altshuler Collecting the New (2007) 36 Plucking them [sc. artists] from art history..threatens to change the variously engaged viewer into a simple contemplator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1443
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