单词 | regretter |
释义 | regrettern. A person who regrets. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [noun] > one who regrets regretter1849 1665 E. Waterhouse Gentlemans Monitor xxix. 286 So are we altogether regretters of owning the rock from whence we were hewen. 1827 G. Croly May Fair iv. 171 All dumb—of which I'm no regretter, (The less that's sometimes said the better.) 1849 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. (1859) II. 341 ‘The illustrious prince’..has now Lord Brougham for his only, or almost only, regretter and admirer. 1878 Times 12 Apr. 4/5 The Countess Almaviva, that temporarily forlorn regretter of past happiness, is impersonated by Madame Blanche Cole. 1953 Times 25 Aug. 2/5 The ‘good old days’ of the Proms, over which our professional regretters wag their tear-stained beards. 1995 Stud. Family Planning 26 44/2 One alternative is to look for ‘true’ regretters—that is, women who..regretted being sterilized, and who would not do it again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1665 |
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