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单词 reflecter
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reflectern.

Brit. /rᵻˈflɛktə/, U.S. /rəˈflɛktər/, /riˈflɛktər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reflect v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < reflect v. + -er suffix1. Compare reflector n.
I. A person who reflects.
1. A person who thinks deeply or carefully about something; = reflector n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > one who ponders
ponderer?1526
considerera1568
contemplator1597
deliberator1598
surveyor1606
chewer1612
head-scratcher1618
considerator1658
reflecter1665
reflector1665
deliberant1672
preoccupier1746
ruminator1758
phrontist1822
incubator1851
1665 J. Sergeant Sure-footing in Christianity 5 Seeing the rudest are very shallow Reflecters and Discoursers, and suppos'd to be utterly unacquainted with any kind of Skill got by Speculation or Study, the Knowledge of the Rule of Faith's Existence must not need any skill or Science acquir'd by Study.
1673 J. Sergeant Errour Non-plust 135 Great Witts and acute Reflecters whose piercing understandings require Convictive Grounds for their Faith, would remain for ever unsatisfy'd.
1810 Edinb. Rev. 10 136 The tyrannical domination of papal Rome, forms..one of the most interesting and curious phenomena which the philosophical reflecter upon past times can contemplate.
1895 Bookman 8 27/1 Mrs. Oliphant would be the last person to claim to be an original researcher or even a profound reflecter on historical things.
1973 Jrnl. Value Enquiry 7 146 Hartman makes a quasi-metaphysical application of the theory of types, arguing in the logical proof that the reflecter on infinite self-reflections cannot belong to this infinite set and must thus belong to a higher order of infinity.
1991 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 23 June g3 His people are usually thinkers, reflecters, intelligent paranoiacs and obsessive worriers.
2. A person who holds or expresses ill-formed opinions, judgements, etc., esp. in order to criticize or denigrate; = reflector n. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic
assailant1565
animadvertiser1596
critic1598
critist1602
animadversor1618
animadverter1642
reflector1681
reflecter1686
criticizer1710
dictioneer1848
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > one who slanders
missayer1340
slandererc1340
jurorc1380
third tonguea1382
defamerc1425
malignerc1425
disclanderer1447
praterc1500
evil-sayer1530
ill sayera1533
infamera1533
belier1541
sycophant1548
calumniatorc1550
disgracer1570
infamator1571
depraver1584
calumnier1586
libeller1589
infamizer1593
maldisant1598
oblocutor1603
traducer1603
villainizer1605
vilifier1611
calumner1614
scandallerc1620
scandalizer1632
blackmouth1642
deflowerer1645
famer1646
defamator1658
reflector1681
reflecter1686
asperser1702
bedirtera1742
libellist1794
mud-flinger1839
denigrator1875
mud-slinger1876
tar-brusher1884
libellant-
1686 W. Sherlock Papist not Misrepresented 2 The Reflecter craftily insinuates that we grant all his Misrepresentations..to be ignorant, childish, or wilful Mistakes.
1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. A7v For the greater Part the Reflecter is entirely mistaken.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xii. 190 The Tribes of Answerers, Considerers, Observers, Reflecters.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xlii. 292 I was a reflecter again!.. Such venom in words!
II. Something that reflects.
3. An object or surface which reflects light, an image, etc.; = reflector n. 4, 6. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > objects or substances that reflect light
reflectent1658
reflexive1686
reflecter1713
reflector1749
reflectant1963
1713 E. Wells Young Gentleman's Mechanicks ii. iii. 109 Hence C will be..reflected by a spherical convex reflecter.
1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 200 A serjeant in the marines..has..a Newtonian reflecter of 3 palms.
1843 Ladies' Repository Feb. 43/1 Tears, the bright reflecters of the tenderness within.
1926 M. M. Willey Country Newspaper ix. 113 As a reflecter of community life, or builder of social solidarity, it is unimportant.
2005 Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg, Mass.) (Nexis) 13 Nov. The cost of adding more signs or reflecters on Arbor Street's curves would also be prohibitive.
4. A lamp provided with a reflector. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > that is fitted with a reflector
reverberatory1716
reverberator1775
reflecter1782
1782 Gentleman's Mag. 52 588 The miserable lanthorns and candles..have given place..to 1200 reverberes (or reflecters) made of polished tin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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