单词 | soother |
释义 | soothern.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. 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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