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单词 revenant
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revenantn.adj.2

Brit. /ˈrɛvᵻnənt/, /rəvəˈnɒ̃/, U.S. /ˈrɛvənənt/, /ˌrɛvəˈnɑnt/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French revenant, revenir.
Etymology: < French revenant person who returns after a long absence (1690), spirit returned from the dead (1718; compare esprit revenant (1690)), specific uses as noun of present participle of revenir to return (see revenue n.). N.E.D. (1908) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (rəvənaṅ) /rəvənɑ̃/. Borrowing of the corresponding French feminine form revenante is also sometimes found, e.g.:1827 T. J. Dibdin Reminisc. I. vi. 110 She will however frequently make her appearance in this narrative, not as a revenante, but prior to the period of her final departure.1950 R. Macaulay World my Wilderness xxxii. 234 Did it stab and stir his senses, did he desire her still, the intruder, the revenante, returned to trouble him?
A. n.
1. A person who returns from the dead; a reanimated corpse; a ghost. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun]
soulOE
huea1000
ghostOE
fantasyc1325
spiritc1350
phantomc1384
phantasmc1430
haunterc1440
shadowa1464
appearance1488
wraith1513
hag1538
spoorn1584
vizarda1591
life-in-death1593
phantasma1598
umbra1601
larve1603
spectre1605
spectrum1611
apparitiona1616
shadea1616
shapea1616
showa1616
idolum1619
larva1651
white hat?1693
zumbi1704
jumbie1764
duppy1774
waff1777
zombie1788
Wild Huntsman1796
spook1801
ghostie1810
hantua1811
preta1811
bodach1814
revenant1823
death-fetch1826
sowlth1829
haunt1843
night-bat1847
spectrality1850
thivish1852
beastie1867
ghost soul1869
barrow-wight1891
resurrect1892
waft1897
churel1901
comeback1908
1823 Q. Rev. July 460 The apparition of a dead man is termed a Gienganger, that is to say, a revenant, one who ‘gangs again’.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 20 Nor of taking the fatal leap, had my revenant the slightest recollection.
1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 105 The opposition to which he belonged [was] a helpless revenant from the dead and buried Colonial past.
1880 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant II. xiii. 274 The yellow glamour of the sunset..clothed in transparent radiance this shadowy revenant from the tomb.
1910 J. C. Lawson Mod. Greek Folklore & Anc. Greek Relig. 407 If the devil in possession of the corpse chose to agitate it and drive it out of the grave, the dead demoniac was at once a revenant.
1958 Times 24 Nov. 12/2 Leonard Salzedo has written the concerto for this revenant among solo instruments.
2004 Believer Oct. 69/1 Vampires..seem to be few and far between. They are such specialized revenants when compared to ghosts.
2. A person who returns to a place.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [noun] > one who
returner1534
revisitant1831
revenant1867
comebacker1879
comeback1908
back-tracker1946
boomeranger1984
1867 Q. Rev. Oct. 348 All through the day I saw revenants from the army pour in.
1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew I. viii. 134 They would not visit this undesirable revenant with his insolent wealth and discreditable origin.
1895 Daily News 31 Aug. 4/7 The undergraduates, our fogey revenant observes, look much as they did.., in outward aspect.
1925 London Mag. Oct. 453/1 The old man's memory..was fickle... Sometimes the square seemed strange to this revenant, and sometimes it was so familiar as to cause a tightening of the throat.
1992 F. Kaplan Henry James iv. 108 He felt like a latecomer, a revenant to scenes already fully described by former travelers.
B. adj.2
That has returned from, or as if from, the dead; resembling or reminiscent of a ghost.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [adjective] > resembling a ghost
ghost-like1573
spectred1791
ghostish1801
spectral1828
phantomish1832
wraith-like1865
ghosty1866
revenant1897
wraithly1909
1897 M. N. Murfree Juggler v. 122 Glimpses of the moon might shadow forth spirits revenant, but for him memory only must serve.
1909 R. Brooke Let. 16 Apr. (1968) 166 It looks a little like Second Childhood, doesn't it? I think it is merely the first, revenant.
1972 Daily Tel. 12 May (Colour Suppl.) 61/1 In Eastern Europe..thousands of villagers still believe in the malignity of the revenant dead.
2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Mar. 29/1 The Rt Revd Harries's attention is..on the emotional force of particular images of the suffering or revenant Christ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

revenantadj.1

Forms: late Middle English reuenaunt.
Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymons: French revenant, revenir.
Etymology: Perhaps < Middle French revenant, present participle of revenir (see revenue n.), but the French word does not show any closely corresponding meaning, and the reading shown by quot. a1450 perhaps results simply from scribal error.
Obsolete. rare.
Perhaps: pleasing, attractive.
ΚΠ
a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) 5835 (MED) He..entered the Castell, Where he fonde alle such semblaunt..and alle reuenaunt [a1500 BL Add. remenaunte] Of wex and napery full fayre aray [Fr. Bel fu et cierges alumes Blans doubliers sor haus dois dores], Vessell of golde.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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