parrotern.

Brit.

/ˈparətə/, U.S.

/ˈpɛrədər/

Forms: 1600s parater, 1800s– parroter.

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

Etymology: < parrot v. + -er suffix¹.

A person who talks incessantly or inconsequentially; a person who parrots the words or ideas of another.In quot. 1672 probably paritor n. (cf. quot. 1671 there), but perhaps with a play on parroter.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > parrot-like imitation > one who

parrot1546

parakeet1598

parroter1623

the mind > language > speech > repetition > [noun] > rapid or mechanical repetition > one who recites mechanically

patterera1522

parroter1623

roter1624

parrot tongue1773

psittacist1923

1623 E. Misselden Circle Commerce i. 70 Thus Malynes having runne himselfe out of breath..with telling vs a tale, of a Cocke and a Bull, of a Pewterer and a Parater.

1672 R. Wild Humble Thanks (single sheet) The Church can match us too with Jovial Sirs, Informers, Singing-men and Paraters.]

1861 J. S. Mill Autobiogr. (1874) i. 31 Mere parroters of what they have learnt.

1874 Galaxy June 804/1 With the latter (when they are in earnest in their love, and not mere parroters of fashion) the music is more important.

1933 W. A. Fairburn Work & Workers 511 Sons of eminent fathers, who have spared no pains in their education, so often grow up mere parroters of what they have learned.

1955 D. Daiches in G. W. Allen et al. Walt Whitman (1969) 39 The stereotype, the parroter of clichés,..have nothing to do with Whitman's ‘average’.

1996 Nat. Catholic Reporter (Nexis) 26 Jan. 24 The Washington right and its parroters cannot distinguish between ideology and a prophetic commitment to the poor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parroter
释义	parrotern. Brit. /ˈparətə/, U.S. /ˈpɛrədər/ Forms: 1600s parater, 1800s– parroter. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: parrot v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < parrot v. + -er suffix¹. A person who talks incessantly or inconsequentially; a person who parrots the words or ideas of another.In quot. 1672 probably paritor n. (cf. quot. 1671 there), but perhaps with a play on parroter. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > parrot-like imitation > one who parrot1546 parakeet1598 parroter1623 the mind > language > speech > repetition > [noun] > rapid or mechanical repetition > one who recites mechanically patterera1522 parroter1623 roter1624 parrot tongue1773 psittacist1923 1623 E. Misselden Circle Commerce i. 70 Thus Malynes having runne himselfe out of breath..with telling vs a tale, of a Cocke and a Bull, of a Pewterer and a Parater. 1672 R. Wild Humble Thanks (single sheet) The Church can match us too with Jovial Sirs, Informers, Singing-men and Paraters.] 1861 J. S. Mill Autobiogr. (1874) i. 31 Mere parroters of what they have learnt. 1874 Galaxy June 804/1 With the latter (when they are in earnest in their love, and not mere parroters of fashion) the music is more important. 1933 W. A. Fairburn Work & Workers 511 Sons of eminent fathers, who have spared no pains in their education, so often grow up mere parroters of what they have learned. 1955 D. Daiches in G. W. Allen et al. Walt Whitman (1969) 39 The stereotype, the parroter of clichés,..have nothing to do with Whitman's ‘average’. 1996 Nat. Catholic Reporter (Nexis) 26 Jan. 24 The Washington right and its parroters cannot distinguish between ideology and a prophetic commitment to the poor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623
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