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单词 soother
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soothern.

Brit. /ˈsuːðə/, U.S. /ˈsuðər/
Forms: Also 1500s souther.
Etymology: < soothe v.
1. One who assents or agrees with another; a flatterer. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] > flatterer
fickler?c1225
losenger1303
glothererc1325
flatterera1340
blander1340
flatter1340
glozera1420
fleecherc1425
fager1435
soother1553
smooth-boots1599
sleekstonea1610
blandisher1611
cogger1611
over-prizer1611
smoother1611
colloguer1631
dauber1642
pargetera1656
flattercap1681
whillywhaa1682
sweetener1728
proneur1809
carney1818
soft-soaper1839
soft-solderer1851
smooth-sayer1872
incenser1873
soft-mouth1881
blarneyer1882
flannel-mouth1882
oiler1883
jollier1896
smoodger1898
plámáser1919
sweet-talker1946
smarmy1957
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 106 b This worlde..hath ouer many such as neuer honest man was, that is to saie, flatterers, fawners, and southers of mennes saiynges.
1593 R. Bancroft Daungerous Positions iv. i. 135 An Inn~keeper, (a receiver of all, and a soother of euery man for his gaine).
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xvi. 247 But soothers find the way preferment most to win.
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 189 Wife, children, and themselves they do distress, They'd tire the soother Cossus.
2. One who or that which soothes, calms, comforts, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief > one who or that which consoles or relieves
comfortera1382
discharger?1537
consolatora1540
assuager1547
cheerer?1567
easera1592
tame-grief1606
lightener?1611
solacer1611
lenitive1614
swager1617
allayer1631
unbender1637
comfortable1650
alleviator1725
consoler1740
soother1780
reassurer1882
a shoulder to cry on1935
1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett III. cxxxii. 139 Dear friend—author of many a comfort—soother of many a care.
c1811 Mrs. Opie in A. J. C. Hare Gurneys of Earlham (1895) I. 239 Thou goest, sweet soother, every wound to heal.
1824 W. Scott Romance in Encycl. Brit.: Suppl. 4th–6th Eds. VI. ii. 443/2 Themere professional poet..becomes the companion and soother only of idle and convivial hours.
1865 C. Stanford Symbols Christ vii. 191 Finding in Him the hero of your proud romance, and the soother of your indolence.
3. A soothing thing or influence.From the 19th cent. sometimes spec. an artificial teat, ring, etc., given to a baby to suck in order to quiet it.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief
froverOE
comfortc1386
easec1440
sport1440
consolationc1460
recreatoryc1475
balm1540
balsamumc1540
solace1597
unction1604
balsama1616
demulceation1661
demulsion1661
alleviative1672
mitigation1726
salve1736
soother1794
consolement1797
heart-balm1828
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 19 The warm..affections are in every instance the soothers of melancholy.
1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw (1826) III. xv. 326 Those gentle amiabilities which are the soothers and sweeteners of life.
1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning i. vi A pipe is a great soother.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

sootherv.

Forms: Also soodher.
Etymology: < soothe v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsoother.
Irish English.
transitive. To blandish, cajole, flatter, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)]
flatter?c1225
flackera1250
slickc1250
blandishc1305
blandc1315
glozec1330
beflatter1340
curryc1394
elkena1400
glaverc1400
anointa1425
glotherc1480
losenge1480
painta1513
to hold in halsc1560
soothe1580
smooth1584
smooth1591
soothe1601
pepper1654
palp1657
smoothify1694
butter1700
asperse1702
palaver1713
blarney1834
sawder1834
soft-soap1835
to cock up1838
soft-solder1838
soother1842
behoney1845
soap1853
beslaver1861
beslobber1868
smarm1902
sugar1923
sweetmouth1948
smooth-talk1950
1842 S. Lover Handy Andy i ‘How can you help it?’ ‘I'll soother him’ [sc. a horse].
1896 F. Mathew Wood of Brambles 183 If they are wantin' to soother you.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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