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单词 provoker
释义

provokern.

Brit. /prəˈvəʊkə/, U.S. /prəˈvoʊkər/, /proʊˈvoʊkər/
Forms: see provoke v. and -er suffix1; also Scottish pre-1700 provocar.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: provoke v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < provoke v. + -er suffix1. Compare Middle French, French †provoqueur (1471).
A person who or thing which provokes (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > one who challenges
provoker1439
the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > action of irritating > cause of irritation > one who or that which irritates
fly?c1225
terrer1382
prickc1384
taryerc1440
stub1531
provokera1542
a mote in the eye1546
annoying1566
nettler1611
gadfly1622
flea-biter1629
exasperator1632
badgerer?1791
irritator1855
needler1874
nagger1881
holy terror1883
knob1920
jerkface1942
needle artist1982
d-bag1984
knob-end1989
hater1996
the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates
prickera1382
stirrerc1384
enticerc1386
exciter1387
risera1398
solicitor1412
erterc1440
prompter1440
stirrer?1533
motionerc1535
author1546
onsetter1549
stinger1552
setter-on1560
incentor1570
incensora1575
mover1578
whetter1579
out-hounder1596
hounder1597
egger on1598
inciter1598
instigator1598
urger1598
motive1600
fomenter1607
inflamer1609
fetcher in?1611
provokera1616
putter-ona1616
monitor1616
spurrer1632
outputter1639
poddera1640
commoter1646
impulsor1653
shaker and mover1874
agent provocateur1888
impeller1889
sooler1935
spark plug1941
1439 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1911) K. 230 (MED) Many diverse persones also ben..provocours of the same synnys in displesance of almyghti God.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 435 (MED) A noble yonge man..toke the batelle for the kynge, and did sle his provoker [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. hym..þat woldes nedes fiȝte; L. provocatorem].
a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 111 My provokars..That withowt cawse to hurt me do not cesse.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iii. 24 Drinke, Sir, is a great prouoker of three things. View more context for this quotation
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 162 Fear..is a just provoker of our tears.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 47. ¶11 Men who are such Provokers of Mirth in Conversation, that it is impossible for a Club or Merry-meeting to subsist without them.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiv. 338 The Provoker, who never says a tolerable thing that is not ill-natur'd, that being her Talent.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. vii. 121 She was my temptress, the foul provoker, the more foul rewarder, of the deed.
a1860 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ (1861) xxx. 401 The foolhardiest provoker of temptation.
1909 Daily Chron. 24 July 4/4 He had many provokers, in the persons of those who by spoken or printed word advocate or justify the commission of such crimes as his.
1969 Commerce (Texas) Jrnl. 18 Dec. 1/1 It's no fun being a provoker if the provokee won't play.
2001 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 26/4 I need hardly add that drink, taken as young Britons now take it, is a powerful disinhibitor and provoker of quarrels.

Derivatives

provokeress n. Obsolete a female provoker.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates > female
mistressa1387
authrix?a1475
fautress1605
instigatrix1611
provokeress1611
stimulatrix1611
motrix1642
fomentress1646
promptress1793
stimulatress1846
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Concitatrice, a concitatrix; incitresse, prouokeresse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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