sorcerern.

/ˈsɔːsərə/

Forms: Also 1500s sorserer, sorserar, sosserer, Scottish socerar.

Etymology: < sorcer n. + -er suffix¹.

a. One who practises sorcery; a wizard, a magician.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun]

wielerOE

jugglera1100

wielea1350

magicianc1375

sorcerc1400

warlockc1400

mage?a1425

sorcerer1526

witch-mana1538

wizarda1557

wise man1562

cunning man1594

man-witch1601

wonder-master1603

sorcerist1624

talisman1646

ob1659

fascinator1677

varlet1701

Magian1716

brujo1758

mediciner1845

bomoh1851

pellar1865

trollman1865

baloi1871

magic-man1905

Wiccan1971

α.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xiii. 6 They founde a certayne sorserer.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xiii. 8 The sorserar Elemas..withstode them.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. ii. B Whether it be in Sorcerers..or in calkers of mens byrthes, wherof ye haue to many.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxi Her frendes on the otherside, said, that she was kept awaie, and her iorney empeched by Sorcerers and Necromanciers.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 43 I am subiect to a Tirant, A Sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me Of the Island.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxii. 197 The works of the Egyptian Sorcerers..were great miracles.

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. i. 6 Certainly then they did not take those Magicians to be..Dealers with the Devil, and Sorcerers.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. iv. 60 The civil law punishes with death not only the sorcerers themselves, but also those who consult them.

1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 55 The Gipsies..exercised the craft of sorcerers.

1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 vii. 415 The sway exercised by a sorcerer over the demon to whom he has bartered his soul.

1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. xxiv. 403 The place where the sorcerers and soothsayers hold their mystic and fearful rites.

attributive.1888 Z. A. Ragozin Media, Babylon, & Persia (1891) x. §8. 269 The Shamans or sorcerer-priests of many Turanian tribes.β. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. viii. f. 21^v Quhen saeuir thow..seikis for ony help..at ony wytche, socerar cowngerar.1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes i. vii. 28 There haue bin many magiciens, sosserers, & coniurers..who could easelye counterfeit visions.

b. sorcerer's apprentice [translating French l'apprenti sorcier, the title of a symphonic poem by Paul Dukas (1897), after German der zauberlehrling, a ballad by Goethe (1797)] , one who, like the apprentice in the ballad with his spells, instigates processes which he is unable to control. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates > who cannot control result

sorcerer's apprentice1952

1952 E. Coxhead Play Toward iii. 24 Of course there was always a sorcerer's-apprentice element in teaching: but of all their creations, Lance was surely not the one who should be getting out of hand.

1966 J. Aiken Trouble with Product X vi. 115 I wondered if his disciples, like the sorceror's [sic] apprentice, had not got out of control.

1967 Sunday Times 26 Feb. 2/3 The CIA is not a sorcerer's apprentice that has run wild, but..is under strict government control.

1974 R. Hawkey & R. Bingham Wild Card xiii. 116 Our first priority should be learning to live with the technology we have already, not acquiring more. Because, like the Sorcerer's Apprentice, we just ain't going to be able to handle it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sorcerer
释义	sorcerern. /ˈsɔːsərə/ Forms: Also 1500s sorserer, sorserar, sosserer, Scottish socerar. Etymology: < sorcer n. + -er suffix¹. a. One who practises sorcery; a wizard, a magician. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] wielerOE jugglera1100 wielea1350 magicianc1375 sorcerc1400 warlockc1400 mage?a1425 sorcerer1526 witch-mana1538 wizarda1557 wise man1562 cunning man1594 man-witch1601 wonder-master1603 sorcerist1624 talisman1646 ob1659 fascinator1677 varlet1701 Magian1716 brujo1758 mediciner1845 bomoh1851 pellar1865 trollman1865 baloi1871 magic-man1905 Wiccan1971 α. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xiii. 6 They founde a certayne sorserer. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xiii. 8 The sorserar Elemas..withstode them. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. ii. B Whether it be in Sorcerers..or in calkers of mens byrthes, wherof ye haue to many. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxi Her frendes on the otherside, said, that she was kept awaie, and her iorney empeched by Sorcerers and Necromanciers. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. ii. 43 I am subiect to a Tirant, A Sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me Of the Island. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxii. 197 The works of the Egyptian Sorcerers..were great miracles. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. i. 6 Certainly then they did not take those Magicians to be..Dealers with the Devil, and Sorcerers. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. iv. 60 The civil law punishes with death not only the sorcerers themselves, but also those who consult them. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 55 The Gipsies..exercised the craft of sorcerers. 1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 vii. 415 The sway exercised by a sorcerer over the demon to whom he has bartered his soul. 1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. xxiv. 403 The place where the sorcerers and soothsayers hold their mystic and fearful rites. attributive.1888 Z. A. Ragozin Media, Babylon, & Persia (1891) x. §8. 269 The Shamans or sorcerer-priests of many Turanian tribes.β. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. viii. f. 21^v Quhen saeuir thow..seikis for ony help..at ony wytche, socerar cowngerar.1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes i. vii. 28 There haue bin many magiciens, sosserers, & coniurers..who could easelye counterfeit visions. b. sorcerer's apprentice [translating French l'apprenti sorcier, the title of a symphonic poem by Paul Dukas (1897), after German der zauberlehrling, a ballad by Goethe (1797)] , one who, like the apprentice in the ballad with his spells, instigates processes which he is unable to control. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates > who cannot control result sorcerer's apprentice1952 1952 E. Coxhead Play Toward iii. 24 Of course there was always a sorcerer's-apprentice element in teaching: but of all their creations, Lance was surely not the one who should be getting out of hand. 1966 J. Aiken Trouble with Product X vi. 115 I wondered if his disciples, like the sorceror's [sic] apprentice, had not got out of control. 1967 Sunday Times 26 Feb. 2/3 The CIA is not a sorcerer's apprentice that has run wild, but..is under strict government control. 1974 R. Hawkey & R. Bingham Wild Card xiii. 116 Our first priority should be learning to live with the technology we have already, not acquiring more. Because, like the Sorcerer's Apprentice, we just ain't going to be able to handle it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1526
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