agonizern.

Brit.

/ˈaɡənʌɪzə/, U.S.

/ˈæɡəˌnaɪzər/

Forms: see agonize v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: agonize v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < agonize v. + -er suffix¹.

A person who agonizes (in various senses of the verb, esp. sense 4).

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > theatrical or exaggerated behaviour > person

agonizer1850

1783 New Christian's Mag. Apr. 359/2 Is this the man of sorrows and acquainted with grief? Is this the agonizer in Gethsamene?

1847 F. Wayland in Pursuit Knowl. (rev. ed.) I. Gloss. 350 Samson Agonistes, Samson the Agonizer, or Wrestler. The title of a drama, by Milton, on the death of Samson.

1850 Athenæum 30 Mar. 340/2 The agonizers, who must needs have worlds, publics, patrons, called up expressly to welcome them.

1879 Daily Tel. 11 Dec. The agonisers of the pianoforte.

1921 Weekly Rev. 21 May 494/2 There is little real dignity about Mary or her story, which is told in the strained, hectic manner of the professional agonizer over ‘sex’.

1968 B. M. Berger Working-class Suburb Pref. p. xvii The descriptive accuracy of the myth of suburbia went largely unchallenged because it suited the prescriptive desires of opinion groups ranging from the yea sayers of the right through the agonizers of the center to the nay sayers of the left.

2010 Buffalo News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 21 Mar. f9 His fifth [book] starring detective inspector Harry Hole, alcoholic and existential agonizer.

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

单词	agonizer
释义	agonizern. Brit. /ˈaɡənʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈæɡəˌnaɪzər/ Forms: see agonize v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: agonize v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < agonize v. + -er suffix¹. A person who agonizes (in various senses of the verb, esp. sense 4). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > theatrical or exaggerated behaviour > person agonizer1850 1783 New Christian's Mag. Apr. 359/2 Is this the man of sorrows and acquainted with grief? Is this the agonizer in Gethsamene? 1847 F. Wayland in Pursuit Knowl. (rev. ed.) I. Gloss. 350 Samson Agonistes, Samson the Agonizer, or Wrestler. The title of a drama, by Milton, on the death of Samson. 1850 Athenæum 30 Mar. 340/2 The agonizers, who must needs have worlds, publics, patrons, called up expressly to welcome them. 1879 Daily Tel. 11 Dec. The agonisers of the pianoforte. 1921 Weekly Rev. 21 May 494/2 There is little real dignity about Mary or her story, which is told in the strained, hectic manner of the professional agonizer over ‘sex’. 1968 B. M. Berger Working-class Suburb Pref. p. xvii The descriptive accuracy of the myth of suburbia went largely unchallenged because it suited the prescriptive desires of opinion groups ranging from the yea sayers of the right through the agonizers of the center to the nay sayers of the left. 2010 Buffalo News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 21 Mar. f9 His fifth [book] starring detective inspector Harry Hole, alcoholic and existential agonizer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1783
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