imaginern.

Brit.

/ᵻˈmadʒᵻnə/,

/ᵻˈmadʒn̩ə/, U.S.

/ᵻˈmædʒənər/

Forms: see imagine v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: imagine v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < imagine v. + -er suffix¹, probably after Anglo-Norman imaginour, ymaginour composer, planner (a1377 or earlier), plotter, schemer (a1377 or earlier), and also Middle French imagineur person who invents something (c1340), person who makes images (1350). Compare imaginator n.It is uncertain whether the following example should be interpreted as showing an earlier attestation of the word in Middle English in sense ‘person who makes statues or images’, or an equivalent use in Anglo-Norman (although this is apparently otherwise unattested in this sense):1348 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Wills Court of Husting (1889) I. 558 [John de Mymmes], ymaginour.

(a) One who imagines something; a user of the imagination. Cf. imaginator n. 1. (b) A plotter, a planner. Now historical. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] > one who imagines

imaginatorc1450

imaginer?c1475

conceiver1581

imaginant1605

imaginist1806

fancier1828

visualizer1886

visualist1902

imager1939

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 66^v An Imagyner, molitor, excogitator.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxvii. [clxiii.] 462 Men of warre inclosed in fortresses are sore imagyners, and whan their imaginacion inclyneth to any yuell dede, they wyll craftely colour it.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 153 Other thincke also, that these imaginers inuented that they spake of their owne heads.

1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos i. iv. 135 Those meer imaginers and Image-makers.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 700 As if the strength of Imagination were such, that it could not only Create Phancies, but also Real Sensible Objects, and that at a distance too from the Imaginers.

1725 J. Hutchinson Ess. toward Nat. Hist. of Bible 18 There is one of these Imaginers, who makes great Pretensions to be a primitive Something.

1795 W. Jackson Observ. in Answer to Thomas Paine's ‘Age of Reason’ 21 There have, indeed, been millions of imaginers, like himself, on the subject.

1819 R. L. Sheil Evadne v. i. 54 The imaginers of beauty did of old O'er three rich forms of sculptured excellence Scatter the naked graces.

1880 E. J. Reed Japan II. 238 He must be but a poor traveller and a weak imaginer.

1936 J. B. Black Reign of Elizabeth x. 332 The commissioners unanimously found Mary guilty, not only as accessory and privy to the plot, but also as an imaginer and compasser of her majesty's destruction.

1970 Musical Q. 56 449 Wagner..is less an artist than an inventor, a thinker, an imaginer.

2006 Bismark (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 21 Dec. Maybe I'm a poor imaginer, but I can't imagine a more exciting place to work than a newsroom.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	imaginer
释义	imaginern. Brit. /ᵻˈmadʒᵻnə/, /ᵻˈmadʒn̩ə/, U.S. /ᵻˈmædʒənər/ Forms: see imagine v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: imagine v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < imagine v. + -er suffix¹, probably after Anglo-Norman imaginour, ymaginour composer, planner (a1377 or earlier), plotter, schemer (a1377 or earlier), and also Middle French imagineur person who invents something (c1340), person who makes images (1350). Compare imaginator n.It is uncertain whether the following example should be interpreted as showing an earlier attestation of the word in Middle English in sense ‘person who makes statues or images’, or an equivalent use in Anglo-Norman (although this is apparently otherwise unattested in this sense):1348 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Wills Court of Husting (1889) I. 558 [John de Mymmes], ymaginour. (a) One who imagines something; a user of the imagination. Cf. imaginator n. 1. (b) A plotter, a planner. Now historical. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] > one who imagines imaginatorc1450 imaginer?c1475 conceiver1581 imaginant1605 imaginist1806 fancier1828 visualizer1886 visualist1902 imager1939 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 66^v An Imagyner, molitor, excogitator. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxvii. [clxiii.] 462 Men of warre inclosed in fortresses are sore imagyners, and whan their imaginacion inclyneth to any yuell dede, they wyll craftely colour it. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 153 Other thincke also, that these imaginers inuented that they spake of their owne heads. 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos i. iv. 135 Those meer imaginers and Image-makers. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 700 As if the strength of Imagination were such, that it could not only Create Phancies, but also Real Sensible Objects, and that at a distance too from the Imaginers. 1725 J. Hutchinson Ess. toward Nat. Hist. of Bible 18 There is one of these Imaginers, who makes great Pretensions to be a primitive Something. 1795 W. Jackson Observ. in Answer to Thomas Paine's ‘Age of Reason’ 21 There have, indeed, been millions of imaginers, like himself, on the subject. 1819 R. L. Sheil Evadne v. i. 54 The imaginers of beauty did of old O'er three rich forms of sculptured excellence Scatter the naked graces. 1880 E. J. Reed Japan II. 238 He must be but a poor traveller and a weak imaginer. 1936 J. B. Black Reign of Elizabeth x. 332 The commissioners unanimously found Mary guilty, not only as accessory and privy to the plot, but also as an imaginer and compasser of her majesty's destruction. 1970 Musical Q. 56 449 Wagner..is less an artist than an inventor, a thinker, an imaginer. 2006 Bismark (N. Dakota) Tribune (Nexis) 21 Dec. Maybe I'm a poor imaginer, but I can't imagine a more exciting place to work than a newsroom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1475
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