单词 | monsterer |
释义 | monsterern. rare. A person who ‘monsters’. Originally: †one who exaggerates to a remarkable degree (obsolete). Now: one who criticizes harshly or savagely (Australian colloquial). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > one who exaggerates magnifier1550 overreacher1589 exaggerant1803 exaggerator1822 mahoganite1825 monsterer1840 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > severe untrusser1600 mammothrept1617 Aristarch1621 scarificator1748 scourge1756 tomahawker1795 monsterer1840 scarifier1862 scourger1881 1840 C. G. F. Gore in New Monthly Mag. 60 52 The political Lady Patroness;..the accredited monsterer of nothings inaudible in the gallery. 1999 Canberra Times (Sunday ed.) (Nexis) 7 Mar. a11 Germaine can be frightening, she is a great monsterer of people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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