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单词 guesser
释义

guessern.

Brit. /ˈɡɛsə/, U.S. /ˈɡɛsər/
Forms: Also Middle English gessare, 1500s gesser.
Etymology: < guess v. + -er suffix1.
One who guesses.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [noun] > one who guesses
guesserc1440
conjector1554
conjecturer1605
conjecturalist1664
second-guesser1939
guesstimator1948
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 190/2 Gessare (K. or a soposare), estimator.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn devin, a soothsayer, a gesser.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. iii. 10 The best guesser, he that is most versed and studied in the matters he guesses at.
1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 115 You shall be..the guessers of my dream.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xxx. 351 You are a strange guesser.
1833 T. Hook Snowdon vii, in Love & Pride II. 279 French physicians are, if possible, worse guessers than English ones.
1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 316 For in these a guesser would be correct exactly half the time.
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