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单词 illuminer
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illuminern.

/ɪˈl(j)uːmɪnə/
Forms: Also Middle English illumynour, illumynare, 1600s, 1800s illumynor.
Etymology: < illumine v. + -er suffix1. In 15th cent. found also with Anglo-Norman ending -our ( < Old French -eor , -eur : -ātōrem ), whence also later -or . For 16th cent. Scots form in -are , see -ar suffix3.
1. An illuminator; an enlightener. literal and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > enlightener
illuminerc1450
enlightener1582
illuminator1777
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. ii. 65 Lorde god, inspirour & illumynour of prophetes.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 1/2 We haue grete nede of a doctour..of a conduyter, of a lighter or illuminer.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxv An illumyner or a gyuer of lyght.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 152 A great Refiner, and Illuminer of our English tongue.
2. A source of light; a luminary. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > illumination > [noun] > one who or that which illuminates
lightc1325
alumerea1350
lanternc1374
lightenera1382
light-givera1382
light-makera1425
illuminera1500
illuminator1598
illuminant1644
emblazer1776
luminant18..
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 3 The brycht and fresch illumynare Uprisith arly in his fyre chare.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xiii. 75 The Pyramid of Illumination..enlarges her basis so much the more as the Illuminor is remote.
3. An illuminator of manuscripts, etc. Obsolete.
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society > communication > writing > writer > manuscript illuminator > [noun]
luminer1330
limner1389
vermilion-writerc1470
alluminor?1533
illuminera1661
illuminator1699
illuminist1816
illuminatist1845
miniaturist1851
miniator1865
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cambr. 161 The best Illuminer or Limner of our age.
1824 J. Johnson Typographia I. 605 The whole body of monks, scribes, illuminors, and readers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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