abasern.

Brit.

/əˈbeɪsə/, U.S.

/əˈbeɪsər/

Forms: see abase v. and -er suffix¹.

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

Etymology: < abase v. + -er suffix¹.In sense 2 after ancient Greek ταπείνωσις reduction, humiliation, used in Hellenistic Greek in rhetorical sense (see tapinosis n.: the first element is ταπεινός low, base).

1. A person who, or thing which, abases.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [noun] > one who

abaser1587

disgradera1603

debaser1611

degrader1746

unnicher1823

1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. iii. 297 He that shall be disobedient to these, shall be altogither without God, and wicked, and contemning Christe, and an abaser of his ordinance.

1650 Truth's Confl. with Error iii. 76 Yours will be found the great exaltress of free-will, and the great abaser of free-grace.

1656 J. Trapp Comm. New Test. (ed. 2) (Rom. iv. 16) 628 Paul was a great advancer of the grace of God, and abaser of man.

1700 J. Dunton Art Living Incognito iii. 40 Experience, the greatest Abaser of high thoughts.

1805 H. More Hints towards Forming Char. Young Princess I. vii. 132 That Providence which, in maintaining its character of being the abaser of the proud, produces..the accomplishment of its own purposes.

1875 J. W. Benson Time & Time-tellers 6 We can observe the wonder-working qualities of Time... He is the abaser of the proud as well as the uplifter of the humble.

1884 Cent. Mag. Mar. 761/1 While he was confronting his abaser, there had been a momentary comfort in the contrast between Richling's ill behavior and his own self-control.

1906 Business World 26 1052/2 Stung to the quick and piqued to a degree irreparable, the officers of the American Federation at once began to lay plans to humble their abasers.

1995 M. N. Proser Gift of Fire iii. 81 In Tamburlaine we have an identification between the abaser and the abased, power and powerlessness, cruelty and suffering, pleasure and pain.

†2. Rhetoric. G. Puttenham's name for: the figure of speech tapinosis (tapinosis n.); depreciatory phraseology. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > euphemism > dysphemism

abaser1589

tapinosis1589

dysphemism1884

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 217 These and such other base wordes do greatly disgrace the thing & the speaker or writer: the Greekes call it [Tapinosis] we the [abbaser].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abaser
释义	abasern. Brit. /əˈbeɪsə/, U.S. /əˈbeɪsər/ Forms: see abase v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: abase v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < abase v. + -er suffix¹.In sense 2 after ancient Greek ταπείνωσις reduction, humiliation, used in Hellenistic Greek in rhetorical sense (see tapinosis n.: the first element is ταπεινός low, base). 1. A person who, or thing which, abases. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [noun] > one who abaser1587 disgradera1603 debaser1611 degrader1746 unnicher1823 1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. iii. 297 He that shall be disobedient to these, shall be altogither without God, and wicked, and contemning Christe, and an abaser of his ordinance. 1650 Truth's Confl. with Error iii. 76 Yours will be found the great exaltress of free-will, and the great abaser of free-grace. 1656 J. Trapp Comm. New Test. (ed. 2) (Rom. iv. 16) 628 Paul was a great advancer of the grace of God, and abaser of man. 1700 J. Dunton Art Living Incognito iii. 40 Experience, the greatest Abaser of high thoughts. 1805 H. More Hints towards Forming Char. Young Princess I. vii. 132 That Providence which, in maintaining its character of being the abaser of the proud, produces..the accomplishment of its own purposes. 1875 J. W. Benson Time & Time-tellers 6 We can observe the wonder-working qualities of Time... He is the abaser of the proud as well as the uplifter of the humble. 1884 Cent. Mag. Mar. 761/1 While he was confronting his abaser, there had been a momentary comfort in the contrast between Richling's ill behavior and his own self-control. 1906 Business World 26 1052/2 Stung to the quick and piqued to a degree irreparable, the officers of the American Federation at once began to lay plans to humble their abasers. 1995 M. N. Proser Gift of Fire iii. 81 In Tamburlaine we have an identification between the abaser and the abased, power and powerlessness, cruelty and suffering, pleasure and pain. †2. Rhetoric. G. Puttenham's name for: the figure of speech tapinosis (tapinosis n.); depreciatory phraseology. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > euphemism > dysphemism abaser1589 tapinosis1589 dysphemism1884 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 217 These and such other base wordes do greatly disgrace the thing & the speaker or writer: the Greekes call it [Tapinosis] we the [abbaser]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1587
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