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单词 darkener
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darkenern.

Brit. /ˈdɑːk(ə)nə/, /ˈdɑːkn̩ə/, U.S. /ˈdɑrk(ə)nər/
Forms: 1500s derkener, 1500s–1700s darkner, 1500s– darkener.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: darken v. -er suffix1.
Etymology: < darken v. + -er suffix1.
1. A person who or thing which obscures, esp. by causing confusion or lack of understanding. Now rare.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > false teacher
darkener1534
non-edificanta1625
by-teacher1633
errorist1647
erronist1654
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > making or becoming dark > one who or that which darkens
darkener1534
eclipser1594
1534 G. Joye in tr. Jeremy Prophete Pref. sig. A.viv The Prophetis be the expowners & declarers of the lawe & not ye obscurers and derkeners there of.
1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 8 A great darkner and blemisher of the..beautie of the minde.
1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric I. i. ii. 54 A sophister, or darkener of the understanding.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xxxvii. 48 That feminine darkener of counsel.
1982 Classical Q. 32 272 The underlying conception of envy is as a darkener and defiler.
2. A substance or agent used to make something darker in tone or colour.In later use frequently with modifying word indicating the thing which is made darker, as in lash darkener, eyebrow darkener, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the face > [noun] > cosmetics for the face > for the eyes > colour for lids and brows
stibiuma1398
stibie1548
calliblephary1601
stibic stone1609
alcohol1615
eyebrow pencil1779
kohl1799
surma1819
darkener1847
mascara1886
eye-black1912
eye shadow1922
eyeshade1923
shadow1936
1847 A. Saussure Manly Beauty in Athenæum (1848) 25 Mar. 313/3 The most innocent darkener of the brow is the expressed juice of the elderberry or a burnt clove.
1867 Harper's Bazar 21 Dec. 123/1 The solid india-ink eye-brow darkener.
1914 Manch. Courier 7 May 9/3 The darkener should be applied judiciously, so that the effect appears perfectly natural.
1942 Gloucester Jrnl. 24 Oct. 11/3 Ordinary blacking is being disguised for use as an eye darkener.
1980 Art Bull. 62 306/2 The blue neutralizer in four-color painting was perhaps thought of not as a color but as a darkener.
2004 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 12 Oct. (Final ed.) f1 He invented a lash darkener made of coal dust and Vaseline.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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