-nappercomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element, e.g. petnapper Brit.

/ˈpɛtnapə/, U.S.

/ˈpɛtˌnæpər/.

Forms: 1900s– -naper (chiefly U.S.), 1900s– -napper.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: kidnapper n.

Etymology: < -napper (in kidnapper n.). The earliest formation appears to be dognapper n. (1901). Compare -nap comb. form.Compare earlier compounds directly formed on obsolete napper n.²:1689 Irish Hudibras 94 Some High-way Rogues, and some Dog-Pads; Snuff-Stealers, Geese, and Hen-roost divers, Sheep-Nappers some.1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Prig-napper, a Horse-Stealer; also a Thief-taker.

colloquial.

Forming agent nouns (sometimes ad hoc formations) corresponding to nouns and verbs formed with -nap comb. form, as dog-, petnapper.

ΚΠ

1959 Observer 12 July 11/5 Thriller with young barrister hero chasing after deeply planted Iron Curtain agents and refugee-nappers.

1966 Sci. News 89 317/1 With the increasing number of animal care bills before Congress, medical researchers are worried that they might get hog-tied along with the petnappers.

1993 USA Weekend 11 Apr. 14/3 (heading) Guarding against baby-nappers.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-napper
释义	-nappercomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element, e.g. petnapper Brit. /ˈpɛtnapə/, U.S. /ˈpɛtˌnæpər/. Forms: 1900s– -naper (chiefly U.S.), 1900s– -napper. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: kidnapper n. Etymology: < -napper (in kidnapper n.). The earliest formation appears to be dognapper n. (1901). Compare -nap comb. form.Compare earlier compounds directly formed on obsolete napper n.²:1689 Irish Hudibras 94 Some High-way Rogues, and some Dog-Pads; Snuff-Stealers, Geese, and Hen-roost divers, Sheep-Nappers some.1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Prig-napper, a Horse-Stealer; also a Thief-taker. colloquial. Forming agent nouns (sometimes ad hoc formations) corresponding to nouns and verbs formed with -nap comb. form, as dog-, petnapper. ΚΠ 1959 Observer 12 July 11/5 Thriller with young barrister hero chasing after deeply planted Iron Curtain agents and refugee-nappers. 1966 Sci. News 89 317/1 With the increasing number of animal care bills before Congress, medical researchers are worried that they might get hog-tied along with the petnappers. 1993 USA Weekend 11 Apr. 14/3 (heading) Guarding against baby-nappers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1959
随便看	dentiparous dentiphone dentiroster dentirostral dentirostrate dentiscalp dentise dentist dentist gold dentistic dentistical dentistries dentistry dentists dentition dentitions dentity dentize dento dento- dento-lingual dentoid dentolingual dentologist dentology