单词 | mistaker |
释义 | mistakern. A person who mistakes or misunderstands something.In early use sometimes with notion of wilful intent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [noun] > one who misinterprets misunderstander1529 mistaker1551 misconstruer1567 misinterpreter1599 misconceivera1627 misconstructer1648 misreader1848 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > one who misjudges mistaker1551 misjudger1566 misdeemer1616 wronghead1729 1551–2 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI c. 1 §4 Their hathe arrisen..diverse doubtes..rather by the curiositie of the Mynistre and mystakers, then of anye other worthie cause. 1630 Bp. J. Hall Olde Relig. (ed. 3) Advt. to Rdr. 189 The well meaning ignorance of some mis-takers. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 794 The unhappiness of the Mistakers ought to have derogated nothing from the excellency of the Medicin. 1730 Duchess of Queensberry Let. 6 Dec. in C. F. Burgess Lett. J. Gay (1966) 101 I find you are a great Mistaker, for example you take prudence for imperiousness. 1825 E. Kent Sylvan Sketches in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1032 Would it be impossible to make a..mistake with regard to the mistaker? 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xi. 179 So, let death atone! So ends mistake, so end mistakers! 1914 H. James Let. 21 Nov. (1984) IV. 728 Every social habit and convention has broken down, save with a few vulgarians and utter mistakers (mistakers, I mean, about the decency of things). 1949 J. Campbell Hero with Thousand Faces ii. iii. 337 He is proud because he thinks of his strength as his own; thus he is in the clown role, as a mistaker of shadow for substance; it is his destiny to be tricked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551 |
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