mad-doctorn.

Brit.

/ˈmadˌdɒktə/, U.S.

/ˈmædˌdɑktər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mad adj., doctor n.

Etymology: < mad adj. (used as noun: compare mad n.², madhouse n.) + doctor n.

Now chiefly historical.

A physician who specializes in disorders of the mind; a psychiatrist.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > psychiatrist

mad-doctor1697

head-doctor1850

mind-curer1856

psychiater1857

alienist1864

psychopath1864

psychiatrist1869

mind-curist1889

trick-cyclist1897

soul doctor1922

loony-doctor1925

witch doctor1930

psych1946

headshrinker1950

wig-picker1961

shrink1966

shrinker1967

1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse v. 104 Prithee Loveless dost know of ever a Mad Doctor hard by?

1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant iv. iii. 56 No Mad Doctor in Christendom could have done it more effectually.

1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 363 His father was a mad-doctor.

1852 C. Dickens & W. H. Wills Curious Dance round Curious Tree in Househ. Words 17 Jan. 385/1 Nothing was too wildly extravagant, nothing too monstrously cruel, to be prescribed by mad-doctors.

1877 J. M. Granville Care & Cure of Insane I. 2 It must never be forgotten that the so-called ‘mad doctors’ have been the first to press this truth on the profession.

1890 (title) Mad doctors by one of them, being a defence of asylum physicians.

1972 C. Achebe Girls at War 9 That humble practitioner who did the miracle became overnight the most celebrated mad-doctor of his generation.

1991 Oxf. Art Jrnl. 14 79/1 A physician who treated the mad—a mad doctor—occupied a niche slightly above a witch doctor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mad-doctor
释义	mad-doctorn. Brit. /ˈmadˌdɒktə/, U.S. /ˈmædˌdɑktər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mad adj., doctor n. Etymology: < mad adj. (used as noun: compare mad n.², madhouse n.) + doctor n. Now chiefly historical. A physician who specializes in disorders of the mind; a psychiatrist. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > psychiatrist mad-doctor1697 head-doctor1850 mind-curer1856 psychiater1857 alienist1864 psychopath1864 psychiatrist1869 mind-curist1889 trick-cyclist1897 soul doctor1922 loony-doctor1925 witch doctor1930 psych1946 headshrinker1950 wig-picker1961 shrink1966 shrinker1967 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse v. 104 Prithee Loveless dost know of ever a Mad Doctor hard by? 1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant iv. iii. 56 No Mad Doctor in Christendom could have done it more effectually. 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 363 His father was a mad-doctor. 1852 C. Dickens & W. H. Wills Curious Dance round Curious Tree in Househ. Words 17 Jan. 385/1 Nothing was too wildly extravagant, nothing too monstrously cruel, to be prescribed by mad-doctors. 1877 J. M. Granville Care & Cure of Insane I. 2 It must never be forgotten that the so-called ‘mad doctors’ have been the first to press this truth on the profession. 1890 (title) Mad doctors by one of them, being a defence of asylum physicians. 1972 C. Achebe Girls at War 9 That humble practitioner who did the miracle became overnight the most celebrated mad-doctor of his generation. 1991 Oxf. Art Jrnl. 14 79/1 A physician who treated the mad—a mad doctor—occupied a niche slightly above a witch doctor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1697
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