modificatorn.

Brit.

/ˈmɒdᵻfᵻkeɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈmɑdəfəˌkeɪdər/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– modificator; Scottish pre-1700 modificatour.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin modificātor a person who forms (something) to a pattern or rule < modificāt- , past participial stem of modificāre (see modify v.) + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier modification n., and slightly earlier modifier n.In quot. 1824 after Spanish modificador (1734 in general sense ‘modifier’).

= modifier n. (in various senses).In quot. 1824: a member of a political party in Spain, c1823, advocating the modification of the constitution, as opposed to its abolition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > [noun] > change within limits, variation, or modification > one who or that which varies

modifier1682

modificator1889

variegator1891

diversifier1894

a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 311 So..circumspect war the modificatouris..that the ministeris should nott be ower wantoun, that ane hundreth markis was sufficient to a singill man.

1656 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Mary & James VI 27 The Lords fearing the Pride of the Ministers, appointed Modificators (as they stiled themselvs) lest they should be over wanton, which truly with this pittance could not be much feared.

1824 Westm. Rev. Apr. 325 The drift of this gross policy was too obvious; yet with it he aimed to satisfy the modificators.

1889 Science 8 Nov. 318/1 Sulphuretted hydrogen, a modificator of the skin and of mucous membranes.

1996 J. Lanchester Debt to Pleasure (1997) 110 She would pretend to be amused when he drenched his oeufs sur le plat (so infinitely superior to our own fried egg)..in pungent brown modificator.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	modificator
释义	modificatorn. Brit. /ˈmɒdᵻfᵻkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈmɑdəfəˌkeɪdər/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– modificator; Scottish pre-1700 modificatour. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin modificātor. Etymology: < classical Latin modificātor a person who forms (something) to a pattern or rule < modificāt- , past participial stem of modificāre (see modify v.) + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier modification n., and slightly earlier modifier n.In quot. 1824 after Spanish modificador (1734 in general sense ‘modifier’). = modifier n. (in various senses).In quot. 1824: a member of a political party in Spain, c1823, advocating the modification of the constitution, as opposed to its abolition. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [noun] > change within limits, variation, or modification > one who or that which varies modifier1682 modificator1889 variegator1891 diversifier1894 a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 311 So..circumspect war the modificatouris..that the ministeris should nott be ower wantoun, that ane hundreth markis was sufficient to a singill man. 1656 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Mary & James VI 27 The Lords fearing the Pride of the Ministers, appointed Modificators (as they stiled themselvs) lest they should be over wanton, which truly with this pittance could not be much feared. 1824 Westm. Rev. Apr. 325 The drift of this gross policy was too obvious; yet with it he aimed to satisfy the modificators. 1889 Science 8 Nov. 318/1 Sulphuretted hydrogen, a modificator of the skin and of mucous membranes. 1996 J. Lanchester Debt to Pleasure (1997) 110 She would pretend to be amused when he drenched his oeufs sur le plat (so infinitely superior to our own fried egg)..in pungent brown modificator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1572
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