morticiann.

Brit.

/mɔːˈtɪʃn/, U.S.

/mɔrˈtɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mort- , mors , -ician suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin mort-, mors death (see mort n.¹) + -ician suffix, probably after physician n.

Originally and chiefly North American.

A person who arranges funerals; an undertaker.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > people involved in funeral > [noun] > undertaker

undertaker1698

upholder1709

death-hunter1723

black master1823

funeral director1834

mortician1895

black man1927

thanatologist1972

1895 Embalmers' Monthly Feb. 170/1 In the January..Embalmers' Monthly the wish was expressed that a word might be coined that would take the place of ‘funeral director’ and ‘undertaker’... We have given the subject considerable thought and..present the word ‘mortician’.

1895 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 14 Aug. (advt.) We, Mank & Webb, are the only Morticians in the city who do not belong to the Funeral Director's Protective Association.

1915 Lit. Digest 16 Jan. 130/3 The word ‘mortician’ is a recent innovation due to a need felt by undertakers for a word more in keeping with, and descriptive of, their calling.

1927 Glasgow Herald 1 Oct. 10/7 As the jury troop out of their boxes every tread of their heels will mean another call for the mortician.

1948 Christian Cent. 4 Feb. 146/1 Give the morticians credit—their cosmetic arts are highly skilled.

1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 14/2 This sentiment also fits glovelike over the mortician chapel.

1978 Esquire 25 Apr. 35/2 I guess it all began when undertakers became morticians, and..funeral directors. By tomorrow, they may be masters of obsequies.

1993 Radio Times 18 Sept. 76/3 Her widower father, a mortician, falls in love with a new cosmetologist at the funeral parlour.

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

单词	mortician
释义	morticiann. Brit. /mɔːˈtɪʃn/, U.S. /mɔrˈtɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mort- , mors , -ician suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin mort-, mors death (see mort n.¹) + -ician suffix, probably after physician n. Originally and chiefly North American. A person who arranges funerals; an undertaker. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > people involved in funeral > [noun] > undertaker undertaker1698 upholder1709 death-hunter1723 black master1823 funeral director1834 mortician1895 black man1927 thanatologist1972 1895 Embalmers' Monthly Feb. 170/1 In the January..Embalmers' Monthly the wish was expressed that a word might be coined that would take the place of ‘funeral director’ and ‘undertaker’... We have given the subject considerable thought and..present the word ‘mortician’. 1895 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 14 Aug. (advt.) We, Mank & Webb, are the only Morticians in the city who do not belong to the Funeral Director's Protective Association. 1915 Lit. Digest 16 Jan. 130/3 The word ‘mortician’ is a recent innovation due to a need felt by undertakers for a word more in keeping with, and descriptive of, their calling. 1927 Glasgow Herald 1 Oct. 10/7 As the jury troop out of their boxes every tread of their heels will mean another call for the mortician. 1948 Christian Cent. 4 Feb. 146/1 Give the morticians credit—their cosmetic arts are highly skilled. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 14/2 This sentiment also fits glovelike over the mortician chapel. 1978 Esquire 25 Apr. 35/2 I guess it all began when undertakers became morticians, and..funeral directors. By tomorrow, they may be masters of obsequies. 1993 Radio Times 18 Sept. 76/3 Her widower father, a mortician, falls in love with a new cosmetologist at the funeral parlour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895
随便看	megaest megaevent megaexhibition megafarad megafarads megafauna megafaunae megafaunal megafaunas megafestival megafirm megaflop megaflops megafossil megafrustule megagame megagamete megagametes megagametocyte megagametogenesis megagametophyte megagametophytes megagametophytic megagnathous megaherbivore