单词 | likener |
释义 | > as lemmasˈlikener ˈlikener n. a person who likens or compares one thing to another. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] > one who or that which makes representations mirrora1382 likener1440 shadower1600 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 305 Lykenare, or he þat lykenythe, assimilator, assimilatrix. 1820 J. H. Reynolds Fancy 36 It is impossible not to remark upon his majesty's proneness to similes. Mr. Tims is a prodigious likener. 2009 P. C. Sandler Clin. Applic. Bion's Concepts ii. 67 This was a kind of syndrome likened to the Babel myth. But the likeners seem to forget that the language ‘babelisation’ occurred because humans were trying to reach Heaven. < as lemmas |
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