punctuatorn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊeɪtə/,

/ˈpʌŋ(k)tjʊeɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃəˌweɪdər/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: punctuate v., -or suffix.

Etymology: Apparently < punctuate v. (although this is first attested slightly later in the sense relevant to sense 1: see sense 2 at that entry) + -or suffix. Compare post-classical Latin punctuator person who marks absentees from divine office (in an undated text in Du Cange). With sense 1 compare later punctator n.

1. With reference to Semitic writing systems: a person who inserts points indicating vowel and accentuation signs; esp. a person who was the first to do this, as, in Hebrew, any of the Masoretes. Cf. punctator n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > written character not a letter > diacritic > insertion of, specifically in Hebrew > one who inserts, specifically in Hebrew

punctuator1659

punctator1692

punctuist1826

1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered 255 The word..being without points was ambiguous, or capable of two significations, of which the one was followed by the translator, the other by the punctuators.

1800 A. Geddes Crit. Rem. Script. I. 168 Hence the punctuators marked it with a kametz.

1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 600/1 The work of the punctuators was perhaps completed in the 7th century.

1929 Jewish Q. Rev. 19 485 Dr Kahle is sure that the laryngals אעהח were all confounded and ignored by the Palestinian punctuator.

1997 C. Burnett Introd. Arabic Learning Eng. 59 The majority of the indigenous Jews in England were Ashkenazi..Among these was Bernard the ‘punctuator’ in Oxford.

2. A person who inserts punctuation marks into text; a user of punctuation.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > one who inserts points or stops in writing

punctuist1836

punctuator1846

punctuationist1871

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Punctuator, one who punctuates; punctuist.

1885 Sat. Rev. 30 May 713/2 The sadly unintelligent punctuator of the Times.

1927 Eng. Jrnl. 16 141 The young punctuator, coming to these pausing-places where he has been in the habit of putting commas, may know that these are not amenable to his rule.

1953 PMLA 68 624 The complex internal rhythms of such prose are profoundly altered by the clarifying hand of the punctuator of 1674.

2003 Canberra Times (Nexis) 15 Mar. a15 The modern punctuator would certainly have the last four lines as a separate sentence.

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

单词	punctuator
释义	punctuatorn. Brit. /ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊeɪtə/, /ˈpʌŋ(k)tjʊeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃəˌweɪdər/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: punctuate v., -or suffix. Etymology: Apparently < punctuate v. (although this is first attested slightly later in the sense relevant to sense 1: see sense 2 at that entry) + -or suffix. Compare post-classical Latin punctuator person who marks absentees from divine office (in an undated text in Du Cange). With sense 1 compare later punctator n. 1. With reference to Semitic writing systems: a person who inserts points indicating vowel and accentuation signs; esp. a person who was the first to do this, as, in Hebrew, any of the Masoretes. Cf. punctator n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > written character not a letter > diacritic > insertion of, specifically in Hebrew > one who inserts, specifically in Hebrew punctuator1659 punctator1692 punctuist1826 1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered 255 The word..being without points was ambiguous, or capable of two significations, of which the one was followed by the translator, the other by the punctuators. 1800 A. Geddes Crit. Rem. Script. I. 168 Hence the punctuators marked it with a kametz. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 600/1 The work of the punctuators was perhaps completed in the 7th century. 1929 Jewish Q. Rev. 19 485 Dr Kahle is sure that the laryngals אעהח were all confounded and ignored by the Palestinian punctuator. 1997 C. Burnett Introd. Arabic Learning Eng. 59 The majority of the indigenous Jews in England were Ashkenazi..Among these was Bernard the ‘punctuator’ in Oxford. 2. A person who inserts punctuation marks into text; a user of punctuation. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > one who inserts points or stops in writing punctuist1836 punctuator1846 punctuationist1871 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Punctuator, one who punctuates; punctuist. 1885 Sat. Rev. 30 May 713/2 The sadly unintelligent punctuator of the Times. 1927 Eng. Jrnl. 16 141 The young punctuator, coming to these pausing-places where he has been in the habit of putting commas, may know that these are not amenable to his rule. 1953 PMLA 68 624 The complex internal rhythms of such prose are profoundly altered by the clarifying hand of the punctuator of 1674. 2003 Canberra Times (Nexis) 15 Mar. a15 The modern punctuator would certainly have the last four lines as a separate sentence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1659
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