单词 | mistruster |
释义 | mistrustern. Now rare. A person who mistrusts someone or something. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [noun] > one who distrusts or suspects mistrusterc1425 surmiser1591 suspectera1625 distruster1636 suspector1804 minimifidian1882 c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 38 Ther was oone a-monge the wepers and waylers & mystrustres, ripyr & sadder of age. a1560 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 354/2 You Infidelles and mistrusters of God. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 81 These cautious mistrusters might consider, that what they thus object, lights not upon this book. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xvi. 178 But now you're a universal mistruster. 1844 G. L. Craik Sketches Hist. Lit. & Learning Eng. II. 204 The enemies and mistrusters of all innovation. 1991 Times (Nexis) 22 June He is a liberal, supporter of American Indians and mistruster of American military might. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1425 |
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