water spoutern.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə spaʊtə/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌspaʊdər/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌspaʊdər/

Forms: late Middle English water spowter, 1600s– water spouter.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: water n., spout v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < water n. + spout v. + -er suffix¹. Compare later spouter n. With use with reference to inanimate objects (fountains, etc.) compare earlier waterspout n.

A person who spits or spews out water; (in later use) spec. an illusionist who after drinking water appears to regurgitate wine or other fluids.In the specific sense used esp. with reference to the mid 17th-cent. illusionists Blaise de Manfre and Florian Marchand.

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the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > that works or performs wonders or miracles > who can spit out wine after drinking water

water spoutera1500

a1500 Medulla Gram. (Harl. 2270) f. 92^v, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Spouter Aqeueuomus, a water spowter [a1425 Stonyhurst water spuer, 1468 St. John's Cambr. qui vomit aquam].

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 27 The Water Spouter, a fellow that drinking onely fountaine water, rendred out of his mouth in severall glasses, all sorts of Wine, & sweete Waters &c.

1794 J. Caulfield Portraits Mem. & Characters II. 125 Blasii de Manfre, commonly called the Water Spouter, rendered himself famous for drinking water in large quantities, and discharging it from his stomach converted into various sorts of wine.

1826 A. C. Hutchison Pract. Observ. Surg. (ed. 2) iii. 170 (note) See an account of Blash de Manfré, who died in 1651..and who is styled the ‘water spouter’.

1920 H. Houdini Miracle Mongers & their Methods ix. 166 The first water-spouter of whom I find a record was Blaise Manfrede or de Manfre, who toured Europe about the middle of the seventeenth century.

2003 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 1 Feb. g16 Marchand would drink water and out would come beer, then wine, then claret!.. The water spouters never claimed to have supernatural powers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water spouter
释义	water spoutern. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə spaʊtə/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌspaʊdər/, /ˈwɑdər ˌspaʊdər/ Forms: late Middle English water spowter, 1600s– water spouter. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: water n., spout v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < water n. + spout v. + -er suffix¹. Compare later spouter n. With use with reference to inanimate objects (fountains, etc.) compare earlier waterspout n. A person who spits or spews out water; (in later use) spec. an illusionist who after drinking water appears to regurgitate wine or other fluids.In the specific sense used esp. with reference to the mid 17th-cent. illusionists Blaise de Manfre and Florian Marchand. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > that works or performs wonders or miracles > who can spit out wine after drinking water water spoutera1500 a1500 Medulla Gram. (Harl. 2270) f. 92^v, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Spouter Aqeueuomus, a water spowter [a1425 Stonyhurst water spuer, 1468 St. John's Cambr. qui vomit aquam]. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1651 (1955) III. 27 The Water Spouter, a fellow that drinking onely fountaine water, rendred out of his mouth in severall glasses, all sorts of Wine, & sweete Waters &c. 1794 J. Caulfield Portraits Mem. & Characters II. 125 Blasii de Manfre, commonly called the Water Spouter, rendered himself famous for drinking water in large quantities, and discharging it from his stomach converted into various sorts of wine. 1826 A. C. Hutchison Pract. Observ. Surg. (ed. 2) iii. 170 (note) See an account of Blash de Manfré, who died in 1651..and who is styled the ‘water spouter’. 1920 H. Houdini Miracle Mongers & their Methods ix. 166 The first water-spouter of whom I find a record was Blaise Manfrede or de Manfre, who toured Europe about the middle of the seventeenth century. 2003 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 1 Feb. g16 Marchand would drink water and out would come beer, then wine, then claret!.. The water spouters never claimed to have supernatural powers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1500
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