单词 | renowner |
释义 | † renownern. Obsolete. 1. A person who celebrates or makes famous. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > making famous > [noun] > one who celebrator1555 illustrator1598 renowner?1615 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxiv. (ad fin.) So wrought diuine Vlysses through his woes;..As through his great Renowner I have wrought. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 16 The two famous renowners of Beatrice and Laura. 1895 H. A. Jones Renascence of Eng. Drama i. 6 Let us call up..the reconqueror and renowner of Agincourt [sc. Shakespeare], and let us ask him how a soldier should meet his mistress. 2. A German student who ostentatiously seeks notoriety, esp. as a duellist. Cf. renown v. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person > German student renowner1839 1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion I. ii. iv. 120 He was a student... In short, he was a renowner and a duellist. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Dec. 11 Rather..than that the Oxford men are less well behaved than the renowners of Heidelberg. 1874 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 23 Aug. His adversary [in a duel]..was stuffed out in a state of defense that made him appear gigantic..for it is with wool pulled over his eyes, and..cotton in his ears, that the Renowner achieves his fame. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.?1615 |
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