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单词 mutterer
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mutterern.

Brit. /ˈmʌt(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈmədərər/
Forms: see mutter v.1 and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mutter v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mutter v.1 + -er suffix1.
A person who mutters; a grumbler.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > murmuring or muttering > one who mutters
mummer1440
mumblerc1530
mutterer1552
murmurera1770
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Muttrer, susurro.
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 175 Not such an other mutterer, or..a fisking witt.
a1669 H. Foulis Hist. Romish Treasons (1671) ii. iv. 102 These mutterers of King-murthering.
a1677 I. Barrow Brief Expos. Lord's Prayer (1681) 193 The words of a mutterer, saith the Wise man, are as wounds [Prov. xviii. 8].
1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 14 From peevish mutterers, charmers, omen-tenters; From liars and thieves..Sweet Heaven! forbid I match with such a kind.
1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iv. i. 106 Turbulent mutterers of stifled treason.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xviii. 388 He was a mutterer of charms, and a watcher of omens.
1949 Ethics 59 92/2 Heraclitus to whom only the Greeks were logioi andres, all other men speechless, unreasoning ‘mutterers’ (barbaroi).
1996 Economist 20 July 31/2 The PLP is full of sotto voce mutterers complaining about their leader's dictatorial tendencies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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