applicatorn.

Brit.

/ˈaplᵻkeɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈæpləˌkeɪdər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin applicāt- , applicāre , -or suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin applicāt-, past participial stem of applicāre apply v. + -or suffix. Compare applicant n., and earlier applier n. Compare also earlier applicatory adj.

1. A person who applies something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > others

applicator1659

preceptor1803

routinier1806

routineer1812

sub-doctor1843

proceduralist1987

tachyiater-

1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 494 Such quacking applications and applicators as are no way apt for the work.

a1727 J. Reynolds Pleasure & Benefit being Relig. (1740) 30 His Almighty Spirit, whom he sends as Distributer and Applicator of his purchased Redemption.

1798 G. Horn Entire New Treat. Leeches 27 Though infants may not be able to articulate..the sensations they feel, their crying upon such occasions sufficiently demonstrate..that the creature [sc. a leech] has fulfilled the wish of the applicator.

1850 Jrnl. Health & Dis. June 359 Dr. Harrison, both the discoverer of the principle and its successful applicator to practice, was met with the most virulent opposition.

1918 Sci. Monthly 6 319 The industrial investigator..will be..the originator as well as the applicator of scientific method.

1970 BioScience 20 1275/2 Landscape consultants, pesticide applicators, and many other professional ‘turfers’.

2006 Environmental Health Perspectives 114 937/3 A cohort of herbicide applicators who sprayed atrazine and other triazine herbicides in the Ohio Valley.

2. A device used for applying something, esp. a substance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for applying medicaments > [noun]

applicator1828

1828 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. New Ser. 5 31 To pass down the knot with Dr. A. E. Hosack's knot applicator.

1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 194 The solid caustic may be quickly brushed over the mucous membrane, or a concentrated solution may be applied with a suitable ‘applicator’.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 29 Jan. 1/2 Mr. Hartigan..had invented a radium applicator.

1962 Listener 10 May 831/3 This can be spread with a synthetic sponge applicator.

1998 R. Ray Certain Age 53 Only tampons don't have sharp nails, and they have proper plastic applicators so they go in easily.

2003 Farmers Guardian 14 Mar. 61/8 (advt.) Silage Applicator for innoculants, in cab finger tip control for self propelled or trailed choppers.

Compounds

attributive and appositive (in sense 2), as applicator brush, applicator gun, applicator roll, applicator tip, etc.

ΚΠ

1926 Science 12 Nov. p. x/2 The applicator tubes which are brought in contact with the flesh of a patient.

1953 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 53 1317/2 The applicator tip does not enter the subretinal space.

1965 Music Educators Jrnl. 51 96/3 (advt.) Inkstones, guide tray, and applicator brushes.

1992 Mech. Products & Tools July–Oct. 1287/1 Applicator gun accepts..hot melt adhesive slugs.

2003 Paper, Board, Pulps & Related Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 17/1 The applicator roll may rotate in the same direction as the paper web or in the reverse direction.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	applicator
释义	applicatorn. Brit. /ˈaplᵻkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈæpləˌkeɪdər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin applicāt- , applicāre , -or suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin applicāt-, past participial stem of applicāre apply v. + -or suffix. Compare applicant n., and earlier applier n. Compare also earlier applicatory adj. 1. A person who applies something. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > others applicator1659 preceptor1803 routinier1806 routineer1812 sub-doctor1843 proceduralist1987 tachyiater- 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 494 Such quacking applications and applicators as are no way apt for the work. a1727 J. Reynolds Pleasure & Benefit being Relig. (1740) 30 His Almighty Spirit, whom he sends as Distributer and Applicator of his purchased Redemption. 1798 G. Horn Entire New Treat. Leeches 27 Though infants may not be able to articulate..the sensations they feel, their crying upon such occasions sufficiently demonstrate..that the creature [sc. a leech] has fulfilled the wish of the applicator. 1850 Jrnl. Health & Dis. June 359 Dr. Harrison, both the discoverer of the principle and its successful applicator to practice, was met with the most virulent opposition. 1918 Sci. Monthly 6 319 The industrial investigator..will be..the originator as well as the applicator of scientific method. 1970 BioScience 20 1275/2 Landscape consultants, pesticide applicators, and many other professional ‘turfers’. 2006 Environmental Health Perspectives 114 937/3 A cohort of herbicide applicators who sprayed atrazine and other triazine herbicides in the Ohio Valley. 2. A device used for applying something, esp. a substance. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for applying medicaments > [noun] applicator1828 1828 London Med. & Physical Jrnl. New Ser. 5 31 To pass down the knot with Dr. A. E. Hosack's knot applicator. 1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 194 The solid caustic may be quickly brushed over the mucous membrane, or a concentrated solution may be applied with a suitable ‘applicator’. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 29 Jan. 1/2 Mr. Hartigan..had invented a radium applicator. 1962 Listener 10 May 831/3 This can be spread with a synthetic sponge applicator. 1998 R. Ray Certain Age 53 Only tampons don't have sharp nails, and they have proper plastic applicators so they go in easily. 2003 Farmers Guardian 14 Mar. 61/8 (advt.) Silage Applicator for innoculants, in cab finger tip control for self propelled or trailed choppers. Compounds attributive and appositive (in sense 2), as applicator brush, applicator gun, applicator roll, applicator tip, etc. ΚΠ 1926 Science 12 Nov. p. x/2 The applicator tubes which are brought in contact with the flesh of a patient. 1953 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 53 1317/2 The applicator tip does not enter the subretinal space. 1965 Music Educators Jrnl. 51 96/3 (advt.) Inkstones, guide tray, and applicator brushes. 1992 Mech. Products & Tools July–Oct. 1287/1 Applicator gun accepts..hot melt adhesive slugs. 2003 Paper, Board, Pulps & Related Terms (B.S.I.) iii. 17/1 The applicator roll may rotate in the same direction as the paper web or in the reverse direction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1659
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