† practisantn.

Forms: 1500s practisan, 1600s practisant.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: practise v., -ant suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < practise v. + -ant suffix¹, originally after Middle French practicien (1545 in the passage translated in quot. 1550; specific sense of practicien practician n.). Compare Middle French, French †pratiqueur (see practiser n.). Compare slightly earlier practiser n. 3, and slightly later practitioner n. 4.

Obsolete. rare.

A schemer; a plotter, a conspirator. Cf. practise v. 9.The Shakespearean use (see quot. a1616) has sometimes been interpreted specifically to denote the agent of a plotter or schemer (cf. quot. a1788); cf. practitioner n. 3, 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > plotter

compassera1513

engineer?a1513

hafter1519

contrivera1522

deviser1523

intrycarc1540

practiser1545

practisant1550

practitioner1560

brewer1563

platformer1572

hatcher1578

politician1586

plotter1594

tamperer1599

plotcaster1602

machinator1611

plot-maker1641

trinketer1651

intriguer1667

plot-monger1683

schemist1724

under-plotter1728

intriguant1781

policizer1809

intriguist1830

schemer1846

planster1945

wheeler-dealer1960

1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War v. f. cxxxiii There were manye of theyme (sayde the sayde practisans [Fr. practiciens] of Corynthe) whyche for the hatredde that they haue agaynste the Lacedemonyans woulde reallye themselfe wyth the sayde Argiues.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. iii. 3 Charles. Saint Dennis blesse this happy Stratageme, And once againe wee'le sleepe secure in Roan. Bastard. Here entred Pucell, and her Practisants .

a1788 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1790) II Practisant, an agent. Not in use.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	practisant
释义	† practisantn. Forms: 1500s practisan, 1600s practisant. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: practise v., -ant suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < practise v. + -ant suffix¹, originally after Middle French practicien (1545 in the passage translated in quot. 1550; specific sense of practicien practician n.). Compare Middle French, French †pratiqueur (see practiser n.). Compare slightly earlier practiser n. 3, and slightly later practitioner n. 4. Obsolete. rare. A schemer; a plotter, a conspirator. Cf. practise v. 9.The Shakespearean use (see quot. a1616) has sometimes been interpreted specifically to denote the agent of a plotter or schemer (cf. quot. a1788); cf. practitioner n. 3, 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > plotter compassera1513 engineer?a1513 hafter1519 contrivera1522 deviser1523 intrycarc1540 practiser1545 practisant1550 practitioner1560 brewer1563 platformer1572 hatcher1578 politician1586 plotter1594 tamperer1599 plotcaster1602 machinator1611 plot-maker1641 trinketer1651 intriguer1667 plot-monger1683 schemist1724 under-plotter1728 intriguant1781 policizer1809 intriguist1830 schemer1846 planster1945 wheeler-dealer1960 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War v. f. cxxxiii There were manye of theyme (sayde the sayde practisans [Fr. practiciens] of Corynthe) whyche for the hatredde that they haue agaynste the Lacedemonyans woulde reallye themselfe wyth the sayde Argiues. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. iii. 3 Charles. Saint Dennis blesse this happy Stratageme, And once againe wee'le sleepe secure in Roan. Bastard. Here entred Pucell, and her Practisants . View more context for this quotation a1788 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1790) II Practisant, an agent. Not in use.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1550
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