comfortern.

Brit.

/ˈkʌmfətə/, U.S.

/ˈkəmfərdər/

Forms: Middle English confortour(e, cumfortour(e, coumfortour(e, comfortour(e, Middle English confourtour, ( comforthther), Middle English–1500s conforture, 1500s– comforter.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman confortour < Old French conforteor (in subject case confortère ) < Latin type *confortātōr-em , agent-noun < confortāre : see comfort v. and -er suffix².

a. One who or that which comforts or consoles.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief > one who or that which consoles or relieves

comfortera1382

discharger?1537

consolatora1540

assuager1547

cheerer?1567

easera1592

tame-grief1606

lightener?1611

solacer1611

lenitive1614

swager1617

allayer1631

unbender1637

comfortable1650

alleviator1725

consoler1740

soother1780

reassurer1882

a shoulder to cry on1935

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xvi. 2 Alle ȝee ben heuye coumfortoures.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) 119 The blissed Virgyn marie, that is conforture of alle desolate.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 66 Most unmeete to minister consolation..for..that I mee selfe stoode in neede of a comforter.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 201 It [sc. sleep] sildome visits sorrow, when it doth, it is a Comforter .

1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. iii. ii. 182 The Doctor is the best of Comforters.

1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 509 The comforter of the afflicted.

1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax III. xi. 286 She would be to him at once wife and child, plaything and comforter.

b. Theology. A title of the Holy Spirit. [= Old French confortere(s , -teor , transl. Latin consōlātor , a common rendering since 7th cent. of Greek παράκλητος (John xiv. 16, etc.), properly = advocatus ‘advocate, intercessor’, as commonly taken in the early Latin Church. In the Vulgate, Jerome retained the Greek untranslated as paracletus : see paraclete n. Isidore, a640, says ( Orig. vii. iii. 10) ‘Spiritus sanctus, quod dicitur paracletus, a consolatione dicitur..Consolator enim tristibus mittitur..Alii paracletum dicunt Latine oratorem vel advocatum interpretari.’ The French Gloss. de Douai (14th cent.) ed. Escallier, has ‘Paraclitus, conforteres’.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Holy Spirit > [noun] > specific title of

Frovre Ghostc1000

frovera1225

comforter1377

paracletec1429

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvi. 190 Þe holygoost..confortoure of creatures.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xiv. 16 I schal preie the fadir, and he schal ȝyue to ȝou another coumfortour.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 293 Holy goste conforture of fatherless & motherlesse.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 486 Hee to his own a Comforter will send.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 273. ¶9 The whole God-head..under the Three-fold Distinction of a Creator, a Redeemer, and a Comforter!

1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxxv. 137 Where..The very Comforter in light and love descends.

1863 J. S. B. Monsell Hymns Love & Praise 146 My Father, Saviour, Comforter.

c. Job's comforter (see Job n.¹ Compounds 2).

†2. A small kind of spaniel. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel > land or water > as pet

comforter1577

lap-spaniel1705

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xiii. f. 112/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Spaniell gentle, or conforter [1587 comforter].

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 186/1 The Spaniel Gentle, or the Comforter, is a little pretty kind of Spaniel, of the least sort, such as Gentle-Women cary in their bosoms.

1790 T. Bewick Hist. Quadrupeds (1824) 364 The comforter..is generally kept by the ladies as an attendant of the toilette or the drawing-room.

†3. One who aids, countenances, or abets. (Chiefly a legal term.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager

friendOE

procurera1325

fautorc1330

voweec1380

corner-stonec1384

abettor1387

vocatec1390

procurator1395

maintainer?a1400

proctora1413

supporter1426

comforter1483

factorc1503

allower1528

advancer1536

affirmer?1541

agreer1548

encourager1562

fortifierc1565

favourer1567

aim-crier1597

suffragator1606

seconder1623

countenancera1625

affectionate1628

adstipulator1646

flesher1646

fauterera1662

advocate1735

sympathizer1816

sympathista1834

advocator1837

ite1852

rooter1889

spear-carrier1960

1483 Cath. Angl. 72 A Comforthther, confortator.

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 64 Preamble Helpers, socourers and comforteris.

1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 2 §4 All and every Aiders, Comforters, or Maintainers of the said..Offenders.

†4. An invigorating agent; a cordial. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restorative

resumptivea1398

comfortative1398

restorative?a1439

restaurativec1450

restaurationa1500

restoritya1500

reviver1542

comforter1563

refriscative1580

comfortive1584

analeptic1634

refective1667

recruiter1729

restoration1823

recuperator1862

reconstituent1873

1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 45 The same comforter, which they name the three Sanders, prepared of the Apothecaries.

5. A thing that produces physical comfort.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [noun] > material comfort(s)

ease1393

creature1540

creature comforts1641

comfortable1650

comfort1659

convenience1673

conveniency1712

home comfort1797

comforter1837

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 242 A trusty plaid; an old and valued travelling companion and comforter.

1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xii. 183 The tchibouque—great comforter of those that are hungry, and way-worn.

a. A long woollen scarf worn round the throat as a protection from cold.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > scarf or wrap > as protection from cold

muffler1594

comforter1823

scarf1823

neck shawl1828

comfortable1835

neck warmer1852

neck-comforter1853

muffeteea1890

1823 C. J. Mathews Diary 7 Nov. (1879) I. 83 Two shirts, two waistcoats, a woollen comforter over my chin.

1833 T. Hook Snowdon xii, in Love & Pride III. 231 A green and white net comforter.

1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 114 Knitting comforters for her cousins.

1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma iii. 8 Divesting himself of a great coarse blue and white worsted comforter.

b. A quilted coverlet; = comfort n. 8, comfortable n. 2c (U.S.)

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > outer cover > quilt

quilt1276

pourpoint1345

bed-quilt1765

razai1784

bed-cover1828

comforter1832

comfort1834

comfortable1842

yorgan1914

downie1947

1832 S. G. Goodrich Syst. Universal Geogr. 107 Padding or quilting bed coverings or comforters.

1840 Boston Almanac 126 Theodore Baker..has for sale..Quilts, Counterpanes, Comforters, Bockings, Crumb Cloths.

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Comforter..4. A wadded quilt; a comfort. (U.S.)

1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People i. 5 With a neat comforter of quilted cotton.

1947 Chicago Daily News News-Views 29 Mar. 5/2 A quilting bee with neighbors... It's a pleasant way to spend an afternoon as well as finish a comforter.

7. A dummy teat put into a baby's mouth to quieten it.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others

spurc1450

cock1608

turnel1621

corala1625

house of cardsa1625

Jack-in-the-box1659

(Prince) Rupert's Drops1662

sucker1681

whirligig1686

playbook1694

card house1733

snapper1788

card castle1792

Aaron's bells?1795

Noah's Ark1807

Jacob's ladder1820

cat-stairs1825

daisy chain1841

beanbag1861

playboat1865

piñata1868

teething ring1872

weet-weet1878

tumble-over1883

water cracker1887

jumping-bean1889

play money1894

serpentin1894

comforter1898

pacifier1901

dummy1903

bubble water1904

yo-yo1915

paper airplane1921

snowstorm1926

titty1927

teaser1935

Slinky1948

teether1949

Mr Potato Head1952

squeeze toy1954

Frisbee1957

mobile1957

chew toy1959

water-rocket1961

Crazy Foam1965

playshop1967

war toy1973

waterball1974

pull-along1976

transformer1984

Aerobie1985

1898 Daily News 11 Mar. 3/1 Sucking air from a comforter (that is an indiarubber teat), which led, alas! to no bottle.

1912 A. M. N. Lyons Clara x. 99 I shall take you to a copper and give you up for stealin' the baby's comforter.

Derivatives

ˈcomfortered adj. wearing a comforter (sense 6a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing neckwear

collaredc1405

barbeda1529

ruffed1548

wimpled1579

quilled-up1694

starch-ruffed1783

cravatted1801

neckclothed1825

bandanaed1831

boa'd1831

black-tied1848

mufflered1859

white-collared1860

chokered1865

comfortered1880

tied1911

1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. v A few ulstered, comfortered men..waiting for the night mail.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comforter
释义	comfortern. Brit. /ˈkʌmfətə/, U.S. /ˈkəmfərdər/ Forms: Middle English confortour(e, cumfortour(e, coumfortour(e, comfortour(e, Middle English confourtour, ( comforthther), Middle English–1500s conforture, 1500s– comforter. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman confortour < Old French conforteor (in subject case confortère ) < Latin type confortātōr-em , agent-noun < confortāre* : see comfort v. and -er suffix². 1. a. One who or that which comforts or consoles. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief > one who or that which consoles or relieves comfortera1382 discharger?1537 consolatora1540 assuager1547 cheerer?1567 easera1592 tame-grief1606 lightener?1611 solacer1611 lenitive1614 swager1617 allayer1631 unbender1637 comfortable1650 alleviator1725 consoler1740 soother1780 reassurer1882 a shoulder to cry on1935 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xvi. 2 Alle ȝee ben heuye coumfortoures. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) 119 The blissed Virgyn marie, that is conforture of alle desolate. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 66 Most unmeete to minister consolation..for..that I mee selfe stoode in neede of a comforter. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 201 It [sc. sleep] sildome visits sorrow, when it doth, it is a Comforter . View more context for this quotation 1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. iii. ii. 182 The Doctor is the best of Comforters. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 509 The comforter of the afflicted. 1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax III. xi. 286 She would be to him at once wife and child, plaything and comforter. b. Theology. A title of the Holy Spirit. [= Old French confortere(s , -teor , transl. Latin consōlātor , a common rendering since 7th cent. of Greek παράκλητος (John xiv. 16, etc.), properly = advocatus ‘advocate, intercessor’, as commonly taken in the early Latin Church. In the Vulgate, Jerome retained the Greek untranslated as paracletus : see paraclete n. Isidore, a640, says ( Orig. vii. iii. 10) ‘Spiritus sanctus, quod dicitur paracletus, a consolatione dicitur..Consolator enim tristibus mittitur..Alii paracletum dicunt Latine oratorem vel advocatum interpretari.’ The French Gloss. de Douai (14th cent.) ed. Escallier, has ‘Paraclitus, conforteres’.] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > the Trinity > the Holy Spirit > [noun] > specific title of Frovre Ghostc1000 frovera1225 comforter1377 paracletec1429 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvi. 190 Þe holygoost..confortoure of creatures. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xiv. 16 I schal preie the fadir, and he schal ȝyue to ȝou another coumfortour. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) iii. 293 Holy goste conforture of fatherless & motherlesse. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 486 Hee to his own a Comforter will send. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 273. ¶9 The whole God-head..under the Three-fold Distinction of a Creator, a Redeemer, and a Comforter! 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxxv. 137 Where..The very Comforter in light and love descends. 1863 J. S. B. Monsell Hymns Love & Praise 146 My Father, Saviour, Comforter. c. Job's comforter (see Job n.¹ Compounds 2). †2. A small kind of spaniel. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > spaniel > land or water > as pet comforter1577 lap-spaniel1705 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xiii. f. 112/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Spaniell gentle, or conforter [1587 comforter]. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 186/1 The Spaniel Gentle, or the Comforter, is a little pretty kind of Spaniel, of the least sort, such as Gentle-Women cary in their bosoms. 1790 T. Bewick Hist. Quadrupeds (1824) 364 The comforter..is generally kept by the ladies as an attendant of the toilette or the drawing-room. †3. One who aids, countenances, or abets. (Chiefly a legal term.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager friendOE procurera1325 fautorc1330 voweec1380 corner-stonec1384 abettor1387 vocatec1390 procurator1395 maintainer?a1400 proctora1413 supporter1426 comforter1483 factorc1503 allower1528 advancer1536 affirmer?1541 agreer1548 encourager1562 fortifierc1565 favourer1567 aim-crier1597 suffragator1606 seconder1623 countenancera1625 affectionate1628 adstipulator1646 flesher1646 fauterera1662 advocate1735 sympathizer1816 sympathista1834 advocator1837 ite1852 rooter1889 spear-carrier1960 1483 Cath. Angl. 72 A Comforthther, confortator. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 64 Preamble Helpers, socourers and comforteris. 1570 Act 13 Eliz. c. 2 §4 All and every Aiders, Comforters, or Maintainers of the said..Offenders. †4. An invigorating agent; a cordial. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restorative resumptivea1398 comfortative1398 restorative?a1439 restaurativec1450 restaurationa1500 restoritya1500 reviver1542 comforter1563 refriscative1580 comfortive1584 analeptic1634 refective1667 recruiter1729 restoration1823 recuperator1862 reconstituent1873 1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 45 The same comforter, which they name the three Sanders, prepared of the Apothecaries. 5. A thing that produces physical comfort. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [noun] > material comfort(s) ease1393 creature1540 creature comforts1641 comfortable1650 comfort1659 convenience1673 conveniency1712 home comfort1797 comforter1837 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville II. 242 A trusty plaid; an old and valued travelling companion and comforter. 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xii. 183 The tchibouque—great comforter of those that are hungry, and way-worn. 6. a. A long woollen scarf worn round the throat as a protection from cold. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > scarf or wrap > as protection from cold muffler1594 comforter1823 scarf1823 neck shawl1828 comfortable1835 neck warmer1852 neck-comforter1853 muffeteea1890 1823 C. J. Mathews Diary 7 Nov. (1879) I. 83 Two shirts, two waistcoats, a woollen comforter over my chin. 1833 T. Hook Snowdon xii, in Love & Pride III. 231 A green and white net comforter. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 114 Knitting comforters for her cousins. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma iii. 8 Divesting himself of a great coarse blue and white worsted comforter. b. A quilted coverlet; = comfort n. 8, comfortable n. 2c (U.S.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > outer cover > quilt quilt1276 pourpoint1345 bed-quilt1765 razai1784 bed-cover1828 comforter1832 comfort1834 comfortable1842 yorgan1914 downie1947 1832 S. G. Goodrich Syst. Universal Geogr. 107 Padding or quilting bed coverings or comforters. 1840 Boston Almanac 126 Theodore Baker..has for sale..Quilts, Counterpanes, Comforters, Bockings, Crumb Cloths. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Comforter..4. A wadded quilt; a comfort. (U.S.) 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People i. 5 With a neat comforter of quilted cotton. 1947 Chicago Daily News News-Views 29 Mar. 5/2 A quilting bee with neighbors... It's a pleasant way to spend an afternoon as well as finish a comforter. 7. A dummy teat put into a baby's mouth to quieten it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > others spurc1450 cock1608 turnel1621 corala1625 house of cardsa1625 Jack-in-the-box1659 (Prince) Rupert's Drops1662 sucker1681 whirligig1686 playbook1694 card house1733 snapper1788 card castle1792 Aaron's bells?1795 Noah's Ark1807 Jacob's ladder1820 cat-stairs1825 daisy chain1841 beanbag1861 playboat1865 piñata1868 teething ring1872 weet-weet1878 tumble-over1883 water cracker1887 jumping-bean1889 play money1894 serpentin1894 comforter1898 pacifier1901 dummy1903 bubble water1904 yo-yo1915 paper airplane1921 snowstorm1926 titty1927 teaser1935 Slinky1948 teether1949 Mr Potato Head1952 squeeze toy1954 Frisbee1957 mobile1957 chew toy1959 water-rocket1961 Crazy Foam1965 playshop1967 war toy1973 waterball1974 pull-along1976 transformer1984 Aerobie1985 1898 Daily News 11 Mar. 3/1 Sucking air from a comforter (that is an indiarubber teat), which led, alas! to no bottle. 1912 A. M. N. Lyons Clara x. 99 I shall take you to a copper and give you up for stealin' the baby's comforter. Derivatives ˈcomfortered adj. wearing a comforter (sense 6a). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing neckwear collaredc1405 barbeda1529 ruffed1548 wimpled1579 quilled-up1694 starch-ruffed1783 cravatted1801 neckclothed1825 bandanaed1831 boa'd1831 black-tied1848 mufflered1859 white-collared1860 chokered1865 comfortered1880 tied1911 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. v A few ulstered, comfortered men..waiting for the night mail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1377
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