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单词 nodder
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noddern.

Brit. /ˈnɒdə/, U.S. /ˈnɑdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nod v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < nod v. + -er suffix1.
A person who nods (in various senses).
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > one who sleeps or is asleep > falls asleep
nodder1625
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > pretender to wisdom, wiseacre > [noun]
owl1568
tire-brain1589
wiseacre1595
Solonist1607
formalist1612
nodder1625
Solon1631
wiseling1633
self-wiseling1649
sophy1649
Solomon1656
conjurer1668
wisdomship1692
sage1751
wisehead1756
wisebones1894
society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > head gestures > person who
noddant1589
nodder1625
head-shaker1813
1625 R. Montagu in J. Cosin Corr. 7 Feb. (1869) I. xxxii. 54 You delt bravely with that nodder with his grave head you wrote of.
1653 H. More Conjectura Cabbalistica Ep. Ded. sig. A5 Which those drowsie Nodders over the letter of the Scripture have very oscitantly collected.
1715 A. Pope Corr. 15 July (1956) I. 306 A sett of Nodders, Winkers, and Whisperers.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 59/2 Even the furr'd nodders on the B—h have benefited by these young Scotch pleaders.
1810 Sporting Mag. 35 250 Nodding his head at him [he] significantly added, ‘I am the nodder and you are the noddee.’
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. vi. 74 With a congregation of fifty thousand.., and never so much as a nodder, even, among them!
1868 A. E. Senter Diddler 20 I nod at you; then I am the nodder and your lordship is the noddee.
1931 B. Marshall Father Malachy's Miracle v. 86 The deliberateness of the nodding suggests that the nodder..has won for Caledonians the reputation of being one hundred times as intelligent as they really are.
1999 Independent 9 July ii. 8/1 Although we are traditionally left to cope alone in England's shops, there have been sightings of nodders and smilers poised in doorways.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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