Nestorn.

Brit.

/ˈnɛstə/, U.S.

/ˈnɛstər/

Forms: 1500s–1600s Nester, 1500s– Nestor. Also occasionally with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Nestor.

Etymology: < classical Latin Nestor (ancient Greek Νέστωρ), the name of a Homeric hero famous for his age and wisdom. Compare Middle French, French Nestor (1583–90).With Nestor's years compare classical Latin Nestōris annī (e.g. Martial 5. 58. 5, 11. 56. 13).

An old man, esp. a wise old man. Also used allusively in proverbial phrases or expressions, as Nestor's days n. old age, long life (similarly Nestor's years).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > old man > [noun]

old maneOE

bevara1275

beauperec1300

vieillard1475

Nestor?c1510

old gentleman1526

haga1529

velyarda1529

old fellow?1555

old sire1557

granfer1564

vecchioc1570

ageman1571

grave-porer1582

grandsire1595

huddle-duddle1599

elder1600

pantaloon1602

cuffc1616

crone1630

old boya1637

codger?1738

dry-beard1749

eld1796

patriarch1819

oubaas1824

old chap1840

pap1844

pop1844

tad1877

old baas1882

senex1898

finger1904

AK1911

alte kacker1911

poppa stoppa1944

madala1960

Ntate1975

?c1510 Love Feigned & Unfeigned in Coll. Malone Soc. (1907) I. i. 25 God give vs Ioyes and nestors daye[s].

c1566 Handful Pleasant Delights (1584) sig. d8 Then shall they say that see the same, where euer that they goe: And wish for ay, as for thy pay, all Nestors yeares to know.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 167 To see..Nestor play at push-pin with the boyes.

1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle iv. sig. F4 What, weep'st thou aged Nestor? Take comfort man.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nestor, we take it proverbially when we use Nestor for a man of great age.

1727 J. Gay Fables I. xliii. 148 Thus spoke the Nestor of the plain.

1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 120 Some aged Nestors tottered along with the crowd.

1883 Harper's Mag. May 860/2 This Nestor of art is not forgotten by his old associates.

1908 S. J. Weyman Wild Geese viii. 104 It became him, as the Nestor of the party, to point out the folly of their plans.

1965 Listener 3 June 812/3 Lord Hailey, the Nestor imported from India to Africa, expressed it by saying that it was no use when the African was asking for bread to give him the vote.

1983 H. Atkins tr. K. S. Guthke Last Frontier (1990) v. 361 Another attempt to refute atheistic pluralism..was that made by the Nestor of English science,..Alfred Russel Wallace.

Derivatives

ˈNestor-like adj.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 7 These gray Locks, the Pursuiuants of death, Nestor-like aged, in an Age of Care.

1884 ‘M. Field’ Callirrhoë i. ii. 20 The elder age alone, With Nestor-like authority, can hush To-day's rough disputants.

1996 M. F. Stieg Origin & Devel. Scholarly Hist. Periodicals iii. 73 George Adams..continued his Nestor-like role and was regularly consulted on all manner of issues.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nestor
释义	Nestorn. Brit. /ˈnɛstə/, U.S. /ˈnɛstər/ Forms: 1500s–1600s Nester, 1500s– Nestor. Also occasionally with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Nestor. Etymology: < classical Latin Nestor (ancient Greek Νέστωρ), the name of a Homeric hero famous for his age and wisdom. Compare Middle French, French Nestor (1583–90).With Nestor's years compare classical Latin Nestōris annī (e.g. Martial 5. 58. 5, 11. 56. 13). An old man, esp. a wise old man. Also used allusively in proverbial phrases or expressions, as Nestor's days n. old age, long life (similarly Nestor's years). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old man > [noun] old maneOE bevara1275 beauperec1300 vieillard1475 Nestor?c1510 old gentleman1526 haga1529 velyarda1529 old fellow?1555 old sire1557 granfer1564 vecchioc1570 ageman1571 grave-porer1582 grandsire1595 huddle-duddle1599 elder1600 pantaloon1602 cuffc1616 crone1630 old boya1637 codger?1738 dry-beard1749 eld1796 patriarch1819 oubaas1824 old chap1840 pap1844 pop1844 tad1877 old baas1882 senex1898 finger1904 AK1911 alte kacker1911 poppa stoppa1944 madala1960 Ntate1975 ?c1510 Love Feigned & Unfeigned in Coll. Malone Soc. (1907) I. i. 25 God give vs Ioyes and nestors daye[s]. c1566 Handful Pleasant Delights (1584) sig. d8 Then shall they say that see the same, where euer that they goe: And wish for ay, as for thy pay, all Nestors yeares to know. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 167 To see..Nestor play at push-pin with the boyes. View more context for this quotation 1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle iv. sig. F4 What, weep'st thou aged Nestor? Take comfort man. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nestor, we take it proverbially when we use Nestor for a man of great age. 1727 J. Gay Fables I. xliii. 148 Thus spoke the Nestor of the plain. 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 120 Some aged Nestors tottered along with the crowd. 1883 Harper's Mag. May 860/2 This Nestor of art is not forgotten by his old associates. 1908 S. J. Weyman Wild Geese viii. 104 It became him, as the Nestor of the party, to point out the folly of their plans. 1965 Listener 3 June 812/3 Lord Hailey, the Nestor imported from India to Africa, expressed it by saying that it was no use when the African was asking for bread to give him the vote. 1983 H. Atkins tr. K. S. Guthke Last Frontier (1990) v. 361 Another attempt to refute atheistic pluralism..was that made by the Nestor of English science,..Alfred Russel Wallace. Derivatives ˈNestor-like adj. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 7 These gray Locks, the Pursuiuants of death, Nestor-like aged, in an Age of Care. 1884 ‘M. Field’ Callirrhoë i. ii. 20 The elder age alone, With Nestor-like authority, can hush To-day's rough disputants. 1996 M. F. Stieg Origin & Devel. Scholarly Hist. Periodicals iii. 73 George Adams..continued his Nestor-like role and was regularly consulted on all manner of issues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1510
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