| 单词 | onlie begetter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasonlie begetter onlie begetter n. (also only begetter) the sole originator (in later use chiefly with archaic spelling in allusion to Shakespeare: see quot. 1609). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > agent or person who causes > solely onlie begetter1609 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets Inscript. To the onlie begetter of these insving sonnets. 1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder vii. 81 The Firm..was founded and built up by Mr Meyer... He was..the onlie begetter. 1969 Australasian Post (Melbourne) 19 June 40/3 Isadora Duncan was..the onlie begetter of all the trends in ‘free dance’ which are now so familiar to us. 1989 Ambit No. 118. 28 Bob's father was the only begetter of the Golden Boy chain of family restaurants. 2000 Times 12 May i. 22/5 Not many of us are as fecund inventors of vocabulary as Shakespeare, Carroll, Joyce (the onlie begetter of ‘quark’), or Orwell (thoughtcrime, oldspeak, black-white). < as lemmas |
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