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单词 mesmerite
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mesmeriten.

Brit. /ˈmɛzmərʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɛzməˌraɪt/, /ˈmɛsməˌraɪt/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Mesmer , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < the name of Mesmer (see mesmerism n.) + -ite suffix1. Compare slightly earlier mesmerism n.
Now historical.
A person who believes in mesmerism.
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mesmerite1785
magnetizer1786
animal magnetist1792
mesmerist1795
mesmerian1802
magnetist1807
mesmerizer1829
hypnotist1843
biologist1853
hypnotizer1883
pathetist1890
1785 T. Holcroft Choleric Fathers ii. 34 A Mesmerite, sir? what is a mesmerite?
1842 M. Mitford Let. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 156 He told me..that Mrs. Trollope is a thorough-going mesmerite, constantly at Dr. Elliotson's.
1850 W. Colton Three Years in Calif. 136 A mesmerite, on account of the death-intelligence conveyed by his clairvoyant, has gone into mourning.
1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 19 Dixon notes how his co-Adjutor-to-be seems fallen into a sort of Magnetickal Stupor, as Mesmerites might term it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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