melioratorn.

Brit.

/ˈmiːlɪəreɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈmiljəˌreɪdər/,

/ˈmiliəˌreɪdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meliorate v., -or suffix.

Etymology: < meliorate v. + -or suffix.Compare occasional attestation of meliorater (after nouns in -er suffix¹), apparently only in dictionaries:1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Meliorater, one who meliorates.

A person who or thing which improves something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > one who improves

mendera1382

raisera1400

betterer1600

improver1613

meliorator1782

ameliorator1930

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer xi. 257 My upland fields, those which I intend to rest for a few years, I constantly sow with red clover, which is the greatest meliorator of our lands.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 485 The abstraction of water from the soil by draining does not necessarily interfere with it as a supporter of plants, as a meliorator of the soil, [etc.].

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude in Wks. (1906) III. 68 The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade.

1988 Amer. Hist. Rev. 93 479/1 The meliorators, mingling benevolence with their private motivations and weaknesses.

1991 Jrnl. Econ. Perspectives 5 iii. 152 The behavior of a person with a high discount rate would in some respects resemble that of a meliorator, in that such a person would on each occasion choose the alternative that offered the highest value.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meliorator
释义	melioratorn. Brit. /ˈmiːlɪəreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈmiljəˌreɪdər/, /ˈmiliəˌreɪdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meliorate v., -or suffix. Etymology: < meliorate v. + -or suffix.Compare occasional attestation of meliorater (after nouns in -er suffix¹), apparently only in dictionaries:1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Meliorater, one who meliorates. A person who or thing which improves something. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > one who improves mendera1382 raisera1400 betterer1600 improver1613 meliorator1782 ameliorator1930 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer xi. 257 My upland fields, those which I intend to rest for a few years, I constantly sow with red clover, which is the greatest meliorator of our lands. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 485 The abstraction of water from the soil by draining does not necessarily interfere with it as a supporter of plants, as a meliorator of the soil, [etc.]. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude in Wks. (1906) III. 68 The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade. 1988 Amer. Hist. Rev. 93 479/1 The meliorators, mingling benevolence with their private motivations and weaknesses. 1991 Jrnl. Econ. Perspectives 5 iii. 152 The behavior of a person with a high discount rate would in some respects resemble that of a meliorator, in that such a person would on each occasion choose the alternative that offered the highest value. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1782
随便看	heterogamete heterogametes heterogametic heterogameties heterogamety heterogamic heterogamies heterogamous heterogamy heterogangliate heterogene heterogeneal heterogenealness heterogenean heterogeneities heterogeneity heterogeneous heterogeneous attraction heterogeneous bodies heterogeneous fusion heterogeneous nouns heterogeneous numbers heterogeneous pile heterogeneous radiation heterogeneous reactor