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单词 undoer
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undoern.1

Etymology: < undo v. + -er suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdoer.
1. An expounder, interpreter. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > one who explains
expositora1340
expounitourc1380
undoer1382
expoundera1425
reader1440
declarera1527
looser1528
explainer1579
exponer1588
illustrator1598
clearer1599
explicator1611
unfolder1611
representer1642
dilucidator1689
unravellera1704
elucidator1715
exponent1812
explanator1858
transfuser1889
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) James Prol. So also of interpretouris, or vndoeris, in to Latyn speche thei were turned treuly.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365 Ondoar, or expownare, expositor, interpres.
2. One who opens or unfastens. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > one who or that which opens > one who
undoerc1440
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/1 Ondoare, or opynnare of thyngys schet or closyd.., apertor.
3.
a. A destroyer, wrecker, ruiner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys
baneOE
losera1340
leeserc1380
stroyerc1380
destroyer1382
ravenerc1390
castera1400
confounder1401
wastera1425
stroyc1440
undoerc1440
unmakerc1450
confounderess1509
hydraa1513
stroy-good1540
abolisher1548
thunderbolt1559
disannullera1572
stroy-all1573
ruiner1581
down-puller1583
murdererc1585
spendingc1595
blaster1598
assassin1609
ruinater1609
dissolver1611
minerc1614
destructioner1621
fordoer1631
sinker1632
destructive1640
deletery1642
assassinatea1658
ruinator1658
destroyeress1662
destructora1691
dissolvent1835
solvent1841
wrecker1882
destructant1889
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 365/1 Ondoare, or dystroyare, destructor.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xi. 77 Thus ar the tymes of somer and wynter bathe doare & vndoare to all erdly thing yat growis vnder the hevyn.
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Evjv Th' vndoer tempest, and the hell Of al the shambles then.
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi v. iii, in Terence in Eng. 321 Loe heere at hand the common corruption and vndoer of our children.
1633 T. Heywood Eng. Traveller iv This my customary comming hither, Hath bin to base and sorded purposes: To..be mine owne vndoer.
1796 J. Anstey Pleader's Guide ii. 56 Sure Law was made to be th' undoer Of just such Nincompoops as you are!
1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile 423, in Poems I I now confess myself thy death And thine undoer.
1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 161 Greed..has been your undoer.
b. spec. One who ruins a woman; a seducer.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > defilement of chastity or woman > one who
deflowererc1540
fulyearc1540
defiler1551
debaucher1631
undoer1703
dishonourer1755
devirginator1889
1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent iv. i Think, whom I shou'd devote to Death and Hell, Whom Curse, as my Undoer, but Lothario.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. 263 I awakened..in the arms of my cruel and accursed undoer.
1846 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lucretia III. ii. xiv. 47 The child of..your betrayer, your undoer, stands between the daylight and your son.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

undoern.2

Etymology: un- prefix1 6.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdoer.
rare.
One who does not act or perform.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > one who does nothing
nihilagent1579
undoer1628
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxxxi. sig. Y5v Hope without Action, is a barren vndooer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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