magnifiern.

Brit.

/ˈmaɡnᵻfʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈmæɡnəˌfaɪər/

Forms: 1500s mangnifyer, 1500s– magnifier.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: magnify v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < magnify v. + -er suffix¹.

1. A person who or a thing which magnifies (esp. in sense 2a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > one who or that which increases

enhancera1425

morerc1450

augmentor1485

increaser1528

augmenter1539

amplifier1546

adder1547

magnifier1550

improver1607

booster1917

builder-upper1936

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > one who exaggerates

magnifier1550

overreacher1589

exaggerant1803

exaggerator1822

mahoganite1825

monsterer1840

1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Avi^v The frenchemen be great braggers, bosters, and mangnifyers of them selues.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 248 These Monks were marueylous and monstruous magnifiers, of suche deceiuable trumperie.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. vi. iv. 375 Mens hilaris, requies, moderata dieta..is a great magnifier of honest mirth.

a1763 W. Shenstone Ess. (1806) 238 Imagination is a great magnifier and causes the hopes we conceive to grow too large for their object.

1783 S. Johnson Let. 9 Oct. (1994) IV. 221 [She] always was a magnifier of herself, but..she seems to have improved in her inflations.

1962 R. L. Carson Silent Spring iii. 21 The fatty storage depots act as biological magnifiers.

2. A lens or fixed combination of lenses used to increase the apparent size of an object when viewed directly; a magnifying glass. Also: an eyepiece. Also figurative. Cf. microscope n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > magnifying glass

magnifying glass1646

magnifier1665

hand glass1676

augmenter1703

spying-glass1767

eyeglass1768

power1854

spyglass1883

1665 R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold ix. 249 One of our Microscopes..has been counted..as good a Magnifier, as perhaps any is in the world.

1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 296 Some of them, when viewed with a microscope, required a third or fourth magnifier to see them distinctly.

1786 C. L. Herschel Let. 4 Aug. in Mem. & Corr. (1876) ii. 71 I found it [sc. a comet] with a magnifier of about 30, with a field of about 1½ degree.

1791 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XII. 56 Each of whom..looking through a magnifier, would speak of the greatest extent to which there was any probability of their numbers reaching.

1813 Examiner 22 Mar. 186/2 His Lordship may be permitted to examine the gallant Chieftain's actions through a magnifier.

1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets iv. 142 The wrong end of the magnifier is, to be sure, held to every thing.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 297 No examination with magnifiers is..sufficient to detect the ingredients.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xiii. 144 We barely succeeded by magnifiers in reading the verniers.

1889 G. M. Hopkins Exper. Sci. xii. 263 One pocket magnifier, having two lenses 1–1/2 inches and 2 inches focus respectively.

1925 C. Dobie in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1924 93 He knew the look of it, the taste of it, and yet he was not to be trapped unduly. He whipped out his pocket magnifier.

1992 BBC Wildlife Jan. 60/3 I search for my father's stamp magnifier to examine this tiny drosophila.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	magnifier
释义	magnifiern. Brit. /ˈmaɡnᵻfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈmæɡnəˌfaɪər/ Forms: 1500s mangnifyer, 1500s– magnifier. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: magnify v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < magnify v. + -er suffix¹. 1. A person who or a thing which magnifies (esp. in sense 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > one who or that which increases enhancera1425 morerc1450 augmentor1485 increaser1528 augmenter1539 amplifier1546 adder1547 magnifier1550 improver1607 booster1917 builder-upper1936 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > one who exaggerates magnifier1550 overreacher1589 exaggerant1803 exaggerator1822 mahoganite1825 monsterer1840 1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Avi^v The frenchemen be great braggers, bosters, and mangnifyers of them selues. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 248 These Monks were marueylous and monstruous magnifiers, of suche deceiuable trumperie. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. vi. iv. 375 Mens hilaris, requies, moderata dieta..is a great magnifier of honest mirth. a1763 W. Shenstone Ess. (1806) 238 Imagination is a great magnifier and causes the hopes we conceive to grow too large for their object. 1783 S. Johnson Let. 9 Oct. (1994) IV. 221 [She] always was a magnifier of herself, but..she seems to have improved in her inflations. 1962 R. L. Carson Silent Spring iii. 21 The fatty storage depots act as biological magnifiers. 2. A lens or fixed combination of lenses used to increase the apparent size of an object when viewed directly; a magnifying glass. Also: an eyepiece. Also figurative. Cf. microscope n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > magnifying glass magnifying glass1646 magnifier1665 hand glass1676 augmenter1703 spying-glass1767 eyeglass1768 power1854 spyglass1883 1665 R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold ix. 249 One of our Microscopes..has been counted..as good a Magnifier, as perhaps any is in the world. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 296 Some of them, when viewed with a microscope, required a third or fourth magnifier to see them distinctly. 1786 C. L. Herschel Let. 4 Aug. in Mem. & Corr. (1876) ii. 71 I found it [sc. a comet] with a magnifier of about 30, with a field of about 1½ degree. 1791 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XII. 56 Each of whom..looking through a magnifier, would speak of the greatest extent to which there was any probability of their numbers reaching. 1813 Examiner 22 Mar. 186/2 His Lordship may be permitted to examine the gallant Chieftain's actions through a magnifier. 1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets iv. 142 The wrong end of the magnifier is, to be sure, held to every thing. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 297 No examination with magnifiers is..sufficient to detect the ingredients. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xiii. 144 We barely succeeded by magnifiers in reading the verniers. 1889 G. M. Hopkins Exper. Sci. xii. 263 One pocket magnifier, having two lenses 1–1/2 inches and 2 inches focus respectively. 1925 C. Dobie in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1924 93 He knew the look of it, the taste of it, and yet he was not to be trapped unduly. He whipped out his pocket magnifier. 1992 BBC Wildlife Jan. 60/3 I search for my father's stamp magnifier to examine this tiny drosophila. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550
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