mortifiern.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːtᵻfʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrdəˌfaɪər/

Forms: 1600s– mortifier; Scottish (in sense 2) pre-1700 mortefear, pre-1700 mortifiar, pre-1700 1700s–1800s mortifier.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mortify v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < mortify v. + -er suffix¹. Compare French mortifieur (1611 in Cotgrave).

a. A person who practises religious mortification; one who mortifies the flesh, an ascetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > asceticism > [noun] > mortifying the flesh, etc. > one who practises

mortifier1610

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > [noun] > person

mortifier1610

ascetic1673

1610 J. Mason Turke ii. iii She hates the pride of the flesh excedingly, and is knowne to be a mortifier of carnality.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. 76 The Sarabaites..were stricter mortifiers than the religious in families and Colledges.

1756 W. Dodd Nature of Fasting (ed. 2) 9 The daily fast of great mortifiers.

1988 Playboy Mar. 112 There was the look of the mad saint in her eye, the obsessive, the mortifier of the flesh, but I didn't care.

1990 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 49 551 Masters of the traditional troupes call this..a corruption of tradition and note the mortifiers' inferior dances.

b. A person who or thing which causes mortification (in various senses). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > asceticism > [noun] > mortifying the flesh, etc. > one who or that which mortifies

mortifier1658

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > [noun] > person > one who or that which causes

mortifier1658

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > one who or that which humiliates

stoop-gallant1551

depressor1611

humbler1611

deprimenta1624

putter-down1701

mortifier1801

squabasher1827

humiliator1850

snubber1861

1658 J. Pitman & J. Batt Truth Vindic. 5 None can know him a Justifier, but they who know him a Sanctifier and a Mortifier.

1672 O. Walker Of Educ. ii. ii. 236 Old age.., that great dompter and mortifier of our..passions.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 450. ¶6 The Love of Business and Money is the greatest Mortifier of inordinate Desires imaginable.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xiv. 63 People in Love..always think highly of the beloved Object, and lowly of themselves; such a dismal Mortifier is Love!

1801 C. Lamb John Woodvil iii I want..Some strokes of the old mortifier Calamity, To take these swellings down.

1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man III. iv. 104 How sweet it is when a fallen man can thus mortify his intended mortifiers!

†2. Scots Law. A person who disposes of property or money for religious or other charitable purposes by means of mortification (mortification n. 4). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 148 Bot the samin for the moist pairte is forȝett bayth be the mortifiaris, gevaris, and doaris.

1632 Let. 15 Dec. in Aberd. Council Lett. (1942) I. 366 That the moneyes hes lyin idle in our default and hes not bene profitable to the bursares sen the decease of the mortifier be reason of our refuisall to receave the same.

1655 in Munimenta Alme Univ. Glasguensis (1854) III. 492 Quhich by the will of the mortifiers comes not to be payable untill [etc.].

1685 J. Barclay tr. A. Skene Succinct Survey Aberdeen ii, in Memorialls Royal-burghs Scotl. 219 Which Library hath been augmented in its books by severall Mortifiers.

1715 J. J. Vernon Pas. Hawick (1900) 123 They in the highlands gote the best part thereof according to the desire of the mortifier.

1820 J. Cleland Rise & Progress Glasgow 222 A preference is to be given to the mortifier's relatives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mortifier
释义	mortifiern. Brit. /ˈmɔːtᵻfʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈmɔrdəˌfaɪər/ Forms: 1600s– mortifier; Scottish (in sense 2) pre-1700 mortefear, pre-1700 mortifiar, pre-1700 1700s–1800s mortifier. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mortify v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < mortify v. + -er suffix¹. Compare French mortifieur (1611 in Cotgrave). 1. a. A person who practises religious mortification; one who mortifies the flesh, an ascetic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > asceticism > [noun] > mortifying the flesh, etc. > one who practises mortifier1610 society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > [noun] > person mortifier1610 ascetic1673 1610 J. Mason Turke ii. iii She hates the pride of the flesh excedingly, and is knowne to be a mortifier of carnality. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. 76 The Sarabaites..were stricter mortifiers than the religious in families and Colledges. 1756 W. Dodd Nature of Fasting (ed. 2) 9 The daily fast of great mortifiers. 1988 Playboy Mar. 112 There was the look of the mad saint in her eye, the obsessive, the mortifier of the flesh, but I didn't care. 1990 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 49 551 Masters of the traditional troupes call this..a corruption of tradition and note the mortifiers' inferior dances. b. A person who or thing which causes mortification (in various senses). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > asceticism > [noun] > mortifying the flesh, etc. > one who or that which mortifies mortifier1658 society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > [noun] > person > one who or that which causes mortifier1658 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > one who or that which humiliates stoop-gallant1551 depressor1611 humbler1611 deprimenta1624 putter-down1701 mortifier1801 squabasher1827 humiliator1850 snubber1861 1658 J. Pitman & J. Batt Truth Vindic. 5 None can know him a Justifier, but they who know him a Sanctifier and a Mortifier. 1672 O. Walker Of Educ. ii. ii. 236 Old age.., that great dompter and mortifier of our..passions. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 450. ¶6 The Love of Business and Money is the greatest Mortifier of inordinate Desires imaginable. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xiv. 63 People in Love..always think highly of the beloved Object, and lowly of themselves; such a dismal Mortifier is Love! 1801 C. Lamb John Woodvil iii I want..Some strokes of the old mortifier Calamity, To take these swellings down. 1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man III. iv. 104 How sweet it is when a fallen man can thus mortify his intended mortifiers! †2. Scots Law. A person who disposes of property or money for religious or other charitable purposes by means of mortification (mortification n. 4). Obsolete. ΚΠ c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 148 Bot the samin for the moist pairte is forȝett bayth be the mortifiaris, gevaris, and doaris. 1632 Let. 15 Dec. in Aberd. Council Lett. (1942) I. 366 That the moneyes hes lyin idle in our default and hes not bene profitable to the bursares sen the decease of the mortifier be reason of our refuisall to receave the same. 1655 in Munimenta Alme Univ. Glasguensis (1854) III. 492 Quhich by the will of the mortifiers comes not to be payable untill [etc.]. 1685 J. Barclay tr. A. Skene Succinct Survey Aberdeen ii, in Memorialls Royal-burghs Scotl. 219 Which Library hath been augmented in its books by severall Mortifiers. 1715 J. J. Vernon Pas. Hawick (1900) 123 They in the highlands gote the best part thereof according to the desire of the mortifier. 1820 J. Cleland Rise & Progress Glasgow 222 A preference is to be given to the mortifier's relatives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610
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