单词 | controvertist |
释义 | controvertistn. Now somewhat rare. A person who engages in argument or controversy; (also) an opponent of a person or position; a disputant. Cf. controversialist n., controverter n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > person engaged in disputer1434 wrangler1561 debater1594 controvertist1608 disputant1612 controverser1614 controverter1615 controversist1623 disputator1637 polemic1639 disceptator1656 controversialist1658 eristic1659 scaldabancoa1670 fencera1680 controversionalist?1780 digladiator1803 argufier1805 polemist1825 polemicist1864 polemician1871 picador1876 barrack-room lawyer1943 1608 H. Fitzsimon Catholike Confut. 311 Bellarmine, Stapleton, and all other famous Controuertists. 1655 J. Sergeant Schism Dis-arm'd 212 He was borne a Controvertist. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety x. 280 Our Controvertists fall from arguments to reproaches. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. iv. 222 The modern Arian Contravertist, Christopher Sandius,..would needs insinuate, [etc.]. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. x. 147 Here were no..Politicians, Wits, splenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertists, [etc.]. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. xxii. 141 Their disputations..often continued till neither controvertist remembered upon what question they began. 1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 205 ‘Wretched controvertist!’ thought I to myself an hundred times. 1852 J. H. Newman Disc. Univ. Educ. 262 To crush and pound to dust the audacious controvertist. 1884 Jrnl. Educ. Sept. 341 One hint which might advantageously be acted upon by all controvertists. 1906 Christian Advocate 19 Apr. 551/1 He was a facile writer, thus manifesting a family trait, also a controvertist. 1986 Sewanee Rev. 94 592 If that had been said..by a professional controvertist like Norman Mailer, we would assume ironic intent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1608 |
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