单词 | wonderer |
释义 | wonderern.1 One who wonders at something. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [noun] > one who feels wonder marveller1551 wonderer1574 1574 J. Baret Aluearie W 323 A Wonderer: a marueler, mirator. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 189 Paradoxon, or the Wondrer.] a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. F4v That giddy wonderers may amazed stand. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 1 To advance that crackt-brain head in the conceits of his European wonderers. 1734 J. Richardson & J. Richardson Explanatory Notes Paradise Lost p. xciii Had the Bishop known This Story..he would not have been One of the Wonderers at Milton's Escape. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. xiv. 163 She was a great wonderer, as every one must be who takes a very lively interest in all the comings and goings of all their acquaintance. View more context for this quotation 1852 R. B. Mansfield Log Water Lily 19 At our start, crowds of wonderers hung over the bridge. 1865 De Morgan in Athenæum 25 Nov. 730/1 His backers and his quizzers, his admirers and his wonderers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † wonderern.2 Obsolete. rare. A wonder-worker. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > that works or performs wonders or miracles miraclera1425 miracle-worker1561 miracle-monger1584 mirabilist1599 wonder-worker1599 wonder-monger1612 wonderer1647 thaumaturge1715 thaumaturgus1730 thaumaturgist1829 wonder-man1883 miracle man1914 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. xiii. 4) The Pope can doe whatsoever Christ can doe; yea and more too, it should seem by these wise wonderers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.11574n.21647 |
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