单词 | distinguisher |
释义 | distinguishern. One who or that which distinguishes, in various senses: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > one who discriminates discerner1526 distinctor1577 refiner1586 distinguisher1599 discriminator1663 discerning1677 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > that which discriminates deemerc1400 fan1559 distinguisher1599 the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > differentiation or distinguishing > one who distinguisher1599 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. K3v Mine eare sounds true distinguisher. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. iv. 290 This distinguisher of times..the Sun. View more context for this quotation 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1763 I. 237 [Johnson:] A philosopher may know that it is merely a form of denial; but few servants are such nice distinguishers. 1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (i. 18) 59 The heavenly bodies become..the distinguishers..of day and night,..of seasons and years. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1599 |
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