单词 | heartener |
释义 | heartenern. A person who or thing which heartens someone or something. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > [noun] > one who or that which encourages hearterc1550 encourager1562 strengthener1567 heartener1601 emboldener1847 booster1890 pep talker1925 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > action of cheering > one who or that which cheers gladderc1405 blithera1525 lifter1535 heartener1601 enlivener1774 sunbeam1872 ray of sunshine1885 cheerer-upper1907 1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 514 He was a great hartner of King John against the Pope. 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 6 A Cowards hartener in warre, The stirring Drumme. 1702 R. Evans Holy Emulation Urged 144 His Operation should be the Patern, Strength and Heartner of ours. 1778 F. Mackay Amer. Liberty Asserted 8 Here their holy heartners caution them against any sudden panic. 1831 T. Hudson Comic Songs XII. 13 I look'd at the Misses, and love was a heartner, I wanted to hit on a Miss for a partner. 1896 Advance (Chicago) 12 Nov. 662 What the world most greatly needs is hearteners, not dishearteners. 1921 W. D. Steele in Harper's Mag. Dec. 31/1 The mirror is a great consoler and heartener. 1961 C. E. Carrington Liquidation Brit. Empire 11 In Britain they came, like many of Churchill's words, as a heartener. 2009 G. Brooks tr. H. Linge With Hitler to End viii. 82 At table Goebbels liked to reminisce about the ‘hall brawls’.., a subject that in times of crisis was seized upon as a ‘heartener’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601 |
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