proneurn.

Brit.

/prəʊˈnəː/, U.S.

/proʊˈnər/

Forms: 1800s proneure, 1800s– proneur.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prôneur.

Etymology: < French prôneur priest who delivers a homily (1611), flatterer (a1660) < prôner prone v.¹ + -eur -eur suffix.In quot. 1809, prôneure may be intended to represent a feminine form, although the corresponding French word is proneuse. N.E.D. (1908) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (pronȫr) /pronœr/.

Now rare.

A person who praises another; a flatterer, an extoller, a eulogist.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > one who commends or praises

lover?c1225

praisera1382

allower1528

advancer1536

commendera1568

emblazoner1591

encomiast1610

lauder1611

benedictor1614

extollera1626

encomiaster1676

exalter1678

preconizer1711

eulogist1808

proneur1809

laudator1825

eulogizer1837

belauder1884

psalmist1884

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer

fickler?c1225

losenger1303

glothererc1325

flatterera1340

blander1340

flatter1340

glozera1420

fleecherc1425

fager1435

soother1553

smooth-boots1599

sleekstonea1610

blandisher1611

cogger1611

over-prizer1611

smoother1611

colloguer1631

dauber1642

pargetera1656

flattercap1681

whillywhaa1682

sweetener1728

proneur1809

carney1818

soft-soaper1839

soft-solderer1851

smooth-sayer1872

incenser1873

soft-mouth1881

blarneyer1882

flannel-mouth1882

oiler1883

jollier1896

smoodger1898

plámáser1919

sweet-talker1946

smarmy1957

1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui iii, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 133 She could not hear her prôneure, Miss Bland, inform me, that ‘her friend, Lady Geraldine, was extremely clever’.

1812 M. Edgeworth Vivian vii, in Tales Fashionable Life IV. 183 This depreciator..of Vivian's..had been his political proneur and unblushing flatterer.

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. xi. 232 These proneurs, or satellites, repeat all their good things [etc.].

1832 Times 21 Apr. 2/4 The benevolent Duchess and her ingenious and bombastic proneur.

1852 T. De Quincey Sketch from Childhood in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 8 275/2 Her dislike..to the doctor, as the receiver and proneur of such letters [1853 Autobiogr. Sketches as their receiver, and the proneur of their authors].

1985 Toronto Star 13 Oct. a14/1 It shouldn't be difficult to find a proneur in Ottawa; he/she is given to flattery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	proneur
释义	proneurn. Brit. /prəʊˈnəː/, U.S. /proʊˈnər/ Forms: 1800s proneure, 1800s– proneur. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prôneur. Etymology: < French prôneur priest who delivers a homily (1611), flatterer (a1660) < prôner prone v.¹ + -eur -eur suffix.In quot. 1809, prôneure may be intended to represent a feminine form, although the corresponding French word is proneuse. N.E.D. (1908) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (pronȫr) /pronœr/. Now rare. A person who praises another; a flatterer, an extoller, a eulogist. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > one who commends or praises lover?c1225 praisera1382 allower1528 advancer1536 commendera1568 emblazoner1591 encomiast1610 lauder1611 benedictor1614 extollera1626 encomiaster1676 exalter1678 preconizer1711 eulogist1808 proneur1809 laudator1825 eulogizer1837 belauder1884 psalmist1884 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer fickler?c1225 losenger1303 glothererc1325 flatterera1340 blander1340 flatter1340 glozera1420 fleecherc1425 fager1435 soother1553 smooth-boots1599 sleekstonea1610 blandisher1611 cogger1611 over-prizer1611 smoother1611 colloguer1631 dauber1642 pargetera1656 flattercap1681 whillywhaa1682 sweetener1728 proneur1809 carney1818 soft-soaper1839 soft-solderer1851 smooth-sayer1872 incenser1873 soft-mouth1881 blarneyer1882 flannel-mouth1882 oiler1883 jollier1896 smoodger1898 plámáser1919 sweet-talker1946 smarmy1957 1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui iii, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 133 She could not hear her prôneure, Miss Bland, inform me, that ‘her friend, Lady Geraldine, was extremely clever’. 1812 M. Edgeworth Vivian vii, in Tales Fashionable Life IV. 183 This depreciator..of Vivian's..had been his political proneur and unblushing flatterer. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. xi. 232 These proneurs, or satellites, repeat all their good things [etc.]. 1832 Times 21 Apr. 2/4 The benevolent Duchess and her ingenious and bombastic proneur. 1852 T. De Quincey Sketch from Childhood in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 8 275/2 Her dislike..to the doctor, as the receiver and proneur of such letters [1853 Autobiogr. Sketches as their receiver, and the proneur of their authors]. 1985 Toronto Star 13 Oct. a14/1 It shouldn't be difficult to find a proneur in Ottawa; he/she is given to flattery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1809
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