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单词 adorner
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adornern.

Brit. /əˈdɔːnə/, U.S. /əˈdɔrnər/
Forms: see adorn v. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adorn v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < adorn v. + -er suffix1. Compare post-classical Latin adornator person who prepares, who sets in order (a1540).
A person who or thing which adorns or decorates something.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [noun] > ornamentation or decoration > adorner or decorator
flourishera1387
hightera1387
embellisher1479
garnisher?1518
adornera1522
trickerc1550
decker1555
decorator1755
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. ii. 84 The adornar [1553 adornare] eik of our realm.
1617 W. Est tr. B. Pirckheimer Praise of Gout 25 What a passing excultrix and adorner I am of the minde.
1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. iv. 192 Smegmaticks, Mundifiers, Cleansers, Adorners, are useful.
1750 Grand Mag. Aug. 52/2 'Tis with great pleasure I behold among you, that great ornament and adorner of our art.
1799 J. Scott tr. Ināyat Allāh Bahar-Danush I. Introd. p. xxv Adorner of the nuptial chamber of invention, ornamentor of the audience sopha of the brides of novelty.
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxxx. 68 O Time! the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin.
1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. iv. 32 Poet or painter might have seen an image equally true to either of those adorners of the earth.
1932 L. Lewisohn Story Amer. Lit. (1939) Introd. p. xi Literary history is written..as though the psychology of the writer were still that of the minstrel, the purveyor of information or the adorner of pious legend.
1969 Times 23 Dec. 8/7 As an adorner of feminine beauty and a creator of sensuous atmosphere, he was unequalled.
2000 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 4 July f1 Sam Adams, future adorner of beer labels (and also the leading patriot of his day), signed [the Declaration of Independence] with Hancock.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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