单词 | mesmerizer |
释义 | mesmerizern. A person who mesmerizes another; a hypnotist. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism > mesmerist mesmerite1785 magnetizer1786 animal magnetist1792 mesmerist1795 mesmerian1802 magnetist1807 mesmerizer1829 hypnotist1843 biologist1853 hypnotizer1883 pathetist1890 1829 R. Chenevix in London Med. & Physical Jrnl. New Ser. 6 226 Here neither the mesmeriser nor the mesmerisee had the slightest conviction upon the subject. 1855 R. Browning Lovers' Quarrel xi When the mesmerizer Snow With his hand's first sweep Put the earth to sleep. 1884 Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 1883–4 2 127 A mesmerised ‘subject’ who is sufficiently en rapport with his mesmeriser. 1908 E. Pound A Lume Spento 16 Aye you're a man that! ye old mesmerizer. 1981 N.Y. Times 19 July ii. 23/1 This point wasn't lost on the professional mesmerizers who concoct radio and TV commercials and similar practitioners of the milder forms of mind control. 1996 Gazette (Montreal) 31 Aug. i. 1 Enter a parade of mesmerizers, spiritualists and other charlatans of psychiatry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829 |
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