单词 | molester |
释义 | molestern. 1. A person who or thing which molests or interferes with another person or thing; †a person who or thing which causes disturbance (obsolete). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > hostile interference > one who molester1569 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] > cause of > one causing stroublerc1460 molester1569 discomfiter1807 terror1876 villain1895 sidewinder1906 trouble-maker1923 stirrer1963 1569 in R. Renwick Abstr. Protocols Town Clerks Glasgow (1900) XI. 184 In cais the saidis..counsale..trublis or molestis..ony utheris trublaris or molestaris of the said Sir Robert. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Brief Descr. sig. A j God make him to be a member, not a molester of the Church. 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 119 It is great reason therefore that my companie maie be well spared, and so departe as a superfluous person, then to remaine as a molestour and breaker of this compacted garland. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 34 It must..be a hatefull thing to be the displeaser, and molester of thousands. a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 178 Till the Bells, that had been my morning molesters, Now wak'd me again, chiming all in to Vespers. 1725 J. Kirkpatrick Relig. Ord. Norwich (1845) 10 To restrain all such molesters by ecclesiastical censure. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. ix. 46 Your present and future exemption from fresh disturbance from so vile a molester. 1852 J. D. Canning Harp & Plow 36 Their master, vexed with more important care..Would frequent to the river-shore repair To see if all was right, and no molester there. 1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 118 It has no offensive odors to warn off molesters. 1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. 14 c/1 The latest from the most outrageous living punster, bad jokester and molester of the language. 1990 D. Attenborough Trials of Life 56 Most of the forest trees protect themselves against molesters with a poisonous sap. 2. spec. A person who harasses, attacks, or abuses someone (esp. a woman or child) sexually. Cf. earlier child molester n. at child n. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > indecent assault > one who molester1977 1977 K. E. Woodiwiss Shanna (1978) ii. 44 You vulgar beggar, they should hang you for a molester of women! 1995 New Yorker 27 Mar. 108/2 Oh, great, precisely what we need: not just a molester but a molestation expert, an incest wonk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1569 |
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