单词 | legend-maker |
释义 | > as lemmaslegend-maker legend-maker n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind > one who tells romancera1623 legend-makera1625 legend-monger1680 screamer1831 blagueur1883 sprucer1917 society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > literature about > story or account of > writer of legend-maker1820 legend-monger1893 a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) ii. i. 16 A glorious talker, and a Legend maker Of idle tales. 1820 W. Tooke in tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata I. 519 (note) The Christian legend-makers. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 61 Norman panegyrists and legend-makers. 1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Nov. 52/4 He was not by temperament a legend-maker himself. < as lemmas |
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