afflictern.

Brit.

/əˈflɪktə/, U.S.

/əˈflɪktər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: afflict v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < afflict v. + -er suffix¹, perhaps after classical Latin afflictor afflictor n. Compare Middle French (rare) afflicteur (c1510). Compare earlier afflictor n.

A person who causes affliction or distress; an oppressor, a tormentor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > cause of > person

afflictor1572

afflicter1600

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > one who or that which harasses

pursuera1382

running sore1453

pesta1522

gall1537

grater1549

plaguer1598

afflicter1600

inflicter1605

a thorn in the flesh or side1611

incubus1648

cumber1669

harasser1707

scunner1796

tin kettle1796

pester1810

pesterer1824

baitera1845

pestilence1886

nudnik1916

1600 C. Lumsden tr. R. Rollock Expos. Select Psalmes David xxxii. 165 Chiefely he respecteth the person of the afflicter: for the afflictions themselues mooue men not somuch, as the conscience of God the judge.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. viii. i. 385/2 These Danes..the great afflicters of the English state.

1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists 77 If God hear their Prayers, then many of their Afflicters must repent.

1709 J. Spelman & T. Hearne Life Alfred the Great 10 The most baneful afflicters and subverters of a settled State, that ever Kingdom could be overrun withal.

1821 E. Burke Trial of W. Hastings VII. 39 The disgracers of government, the vexers and afflicters of mankind.

a1847 H. F. Lyte Remains (1850) 142 From Eden's hallow'd porch to chase The afflicters of the human race!

1855 Househ. Words 29 Sept. 201/2 If she be malicious, a cunning thief, an afflicter of children and of cattle, she is a black witch.

1914 Methodist Rev. Jan. 18 Gloucester loses his eyes; and in turn, Cornwall, Kent's afflicter, is punished.

1932 Hebrew Union Coll. Ann. 8–9 631 Reik reports that neurotics often show a combination of the afflicter and the afflicted.

2009 Toronto Star (Nexis) 21 Dec. a20 Grant was one of God's own rogues, a natural-born disturber and afflicter of the comfortable, in trademark cardigans and cologne.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	afflicter
释义	afflictern. Brit. /əˈflɪktə/, U.S. /əˈflɪktər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: afflict v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < afflict v. + -er suffix¹, perhaps after classical Latin afflictor afflictor n. Compare Middle French (rare) afflicteur (c1510). Compare earlier afflictor n. A person who causes affliction or distress; an oppressor, a tormentor. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > cause of > person afflictor1572 afflicter1600 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > one who or that which harasses pursuera1382 running sore1453 pesta1522 gall1537 grater1549 plaguer1598 afflicter1600 inflicter1605 a thorn in the flesh or side1611 incubus1648 cumber1669 harasser1707 scunner1796 tin kettle1796 pester1810 pesterer1824 baitera1845 pestilence1886 nudnik1916 1600 C. Lumsden tr. R. Rollock Expos. Select Psalmes David xxxii. 165 Chiefely he respecteth the person of the afflicter: for the afflictions themselues mooue men not somuch, as the conscience of God the judge. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. viii. i. 385/2 These Danes..the great afflicters of the English state. 1682 E. Pearse Conformist's 2nd Plea for Nonconformists 77 If God hear their Prayers, then many of their Afflicters must repent. 1709 J. Spelman & T. Hearne Life Alfred the Great 10 The most baneful afflicters and subverters of a settled State, that ever Kingdom could be overrun withal. 1821 E. Burke Trial of W. Hastings VII. 39 The disgracers of government, the vexers and afflicters of mankind. a1847 H. F. Lyte Remains (1850) 142 From Eden's hallow'd porch to chase The afflicters of the human race! 1855 Househ. Words 29 Sept. 201/2 If she be malicious, a cunning thief, an afflicter of children and of cattle, she is a black witch. 1914 Methodist Rev. Jan. 18 Gloucester loses his eyes; and in turn, Cornwall, Kent's afflicter, is punished. 1932 Hebrew Union Coll. Ann. 8–9 631 Reik reports that neurotics often show a combination of the afflicter and the afflicted. 2009 Toronto Star (Nexis) 21 Dec. a20 Grant was one of God's own rogues, a natural-born disturber and afflicter of the comfortable, in trademark cardigans and cologne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1600
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