infectorn.

Brit.

/ɪnˈfɛktə/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈfɛktər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin infector.

Etymology: < classical Latin infector dyer, in post-classical Latin also corrupter of morals (12th cent. in a British source) < infect- , past participial stem of inficere infect v. + -or -or suffix. Compare Middle French infecteur person who spreads a contagious disease (16th cent. in an isolated attestation), corrupter of morals (1552). Compare earlier infecter n.

A person who or thing which infects another or spreads infection. Also (figurative) a corrupter of morals.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > person or population

infecter1509

infector1580

carrier1593

vaccinifer1862

fecundator1883

infective1925

reservoir1939

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > corrupting > infection > one who

infecter1509

infector1580

1580 Godly Admon. in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (Parker Soc.) 574 Infectors to others by their evil example.

1596 M. Drayton Tragicall Legend Robert Duke of Normandy sig. M7^v Thou foule infector of all humaine state.

1656 C. Irvine Medicina Magnetica 75 If one be infected by another, the Infector is often straight freed.

a1720 W. Dunlop Serm. (1722) II. 273 Sin is of a deceitful beguiling Nature, if we don't..guard against the least Infector, it will poison us to Death.

1842 Village Voluntary 33 His entering into garrulous details of the complaints of others makes him a kind of moral infector.

1868 W. Howitt in Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Dec. 5 How is it possible to avoid a general infection with..infectors riding and running all over the land?

1922 Med. Standard Jan. 26/2 Four or five separate micro-organisms may be found in the same culture, and it is impossible to state which was the primary infector.

1943 J. A. Reyniers Micrurgical & Germ-free Techniques xi. 263 The transfer of infection from infector to infectee can thus be measured quantitatively.

2009 L. Fisher Perfect Swarm vii. 125 The balance of human rights between the infector and his or her partners/victims.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	infector
释义	infectorn. Brit. /ɪnˈfɛktə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈfɛktər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin infector. Etymology: < classical Latin infector dyer, in post-classical Latin also corrupter of morals (12th cent. in a British source) < infect- , past participial stem of inficere infect v. + -or -or suffix. Compare Middle French infecteur person who spreads a contagious disease (16th cent. in an isolated attestation), corrupter of morals (1552). Compare earlier infecter n. A person who or thing which infects another or spreads infection. Also (figurative) a corrupter of morals. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > person or population infecter1509 infector1580 carrier1593 vaccinifer1862 fecundator1883 infective1925 reservoir1939 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > corrupting > infection > one who infecter1509 infector1580 1580 Godly Admon. in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (Parker Soc.) 574 Infectors to others by their evil example. 1596 M. Drayton Tragicall Legend Robert Duke of Normandy sig. M7^v Thou foule infector of all humaine state. 1656 C. Irvine Medicina Magnetica 75 If one be infected by another, the Infector is often straight freed. a1720 W. Dunlop Serm. (1722) II. 273 Sin is of a deceitful beguiling Nature, if we don't..guard against the least Infector, it will poison us to Death. 1842 Village Voluntary 33 His entering into garrulous details of the complaints of others makes him a kind of moral infector. 1868 W. Howitt in Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Dec. 5 How is it possible to avoid a general infection with..infectors riding and running all over the land? 1922 Med. Standard Jan. 26/2 Four or five separate micro-organisms may be found in the same culture, and it is impossible to state which was the primary infector. 1943 J. A. Reyniers Micrurgical & Germ-free Techniques xi. 263 The transfer of infection from infector to infectee can thus be measured quantitatively. 2009 L. Fisher Perfect Swarm vii. 125 The balance of human rights between the infector and his or her partners/victims. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1580
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