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单词 metamorphoser
释义

metamorphosern.

Brit. /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊzə/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˌmɔrˈfoʊzər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metamorphose v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < metamorphose v. + -er suffix1. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (metămǭ·ɹfouzəɹ, -fŏsəɹ) /mɛtəˈmɔːfəʊzə(r)/ /-fəsə(r)/.
Now rare.
A person who or thing which brings about a metamorphosis.
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the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping > action or fact of changing shape > one who
forschuppild?c1225
metamorphoser1576
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > cause of transformation > of shape
metamorphoser1576
skin-changer1869
shape-shifter1887
1576 G. Gascoigne Delicate Diet (1792) 14 What shall I name this man, but a beastly Metamorphoser, both of himself & of others?
1769 B. Alexander in Monthly Rev. 42 102 The impositions of a crafty metamorphoser.
1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) III. i. 23 He was as good a metamorphoser of bipeds as the Yorkshire ostler was of quadrupeds.
1852 Amer. Whig Rev. May 446/2 O Time, what a metamorphoser thou art!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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