opifexn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊpɪfɛks/, U.S.

/ˈoʊpəˌfɛks/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin opific-, opifex.

Etymology: < classical Latin opific-, opifex craftsman, artisan, inventor, used in both pagan and (in post-classical Latin) Christian writers of the creator of the world < op- , base of opus work (see opus n.) + -i- -i- connective + -fic- , -fex , combining form of facere to do, make (see fact n., int., and adv.). Compare earlier opificer n.

rare before 20th cent.

A worker, a maker, a creator; spec. God.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creator

forgerc1380

authora1382

feigner1382

formerc1386

founderc1390

makera1450

plasmatoura1500

constitutor1531

framer1534

creator1548

fashioner1548

opificer1548

essentiator1561

creatress1590

effecter1591

compactor1593

moulder1594

creatrix1595

mouldress1599

effector1635

composer1644

plastic1644

opifex1649

fabricator1650

formator1656

efformer1662

essentializer1669

constituenta1676

crafter1907

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > [noun] > maker or manufacturer

maker1297

workera1382

preparatorc1485

opificer1548

preparer1553

manufactora1649

opifex1649

manufacturera1687

faker1688

fabricant1756

fabricator1863

prepper1970

1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia Pref. sig. A7 The Soule only is the Opifex of all the movings of the Muscles.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Lactantius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 273 The Opifex of the World, the Fountain of Good, the Parent of all things.

1916 R. Southey Select Poems 224 As opifex of this opus I, when it seems good unto me, may take the hour-glass from Time's hand [etc.].

1927 Mod. Lang. Notes 42 433 The Delegate, Servant & Creature of the one Supreme Being and all-originating Opifex tho' the Earth is represented as our immediate ‘maternal Fount’.

1974 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 35 67 The designation of God as opifex.., as architect, supreme master builder, as fabricator.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	opifex
释义	opifexn. Brit. /ˈəʊpɪfɛks/, U.S. /ˈoʊpəˌfɛks/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin opific-, opifex. Etymology: < classical Latin opific-, opifex craftsman, artisan, inventor, used in both pagan and (in post-classical Latin) Christian writers of the creator of the world < op- , base of opus work (see opus n.) + -i- -i- connective + -fic- , -fex , combining form of facere to do, make (see fact n., int., and adv.). Compare earlier opificer n. rare before 20th cent. A worker, a maker, a creator; spec. God. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creator forgerc1380 authora1382 feigner1382 formerc1386 founderc1390 makera1450 plasmatoura1500 constitutor1531 framer1534 creator1548 fashioner1548 opificer1548 essentiator1561 creatress1590 effecter1591 compactor1593 moulder1594 creatrix1595 mouldress1599 effector1635 composer1644 plastic1644 opifex1649 fabricator1650 formator1656 efformer1662 essentializer1669 constituenta1676 crafter1907 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > [noun] > maker or manufacturer maker1297 workera1382 preparatorc1485 opificer1548 preparer1553 manufactora1649 opifex1649 manufacturera1687 faker1688 fabricant1756 fabricator1863 prepper1970 1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia Pref. sig. A7 The Soule only is the Opifex of all the movings of the Muscles. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Lactantius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 273 The Opifex of the World, the Fountain of Good, the Parent of all things. 1916 R. Southey Select Poems 224 As opifex of this opus I, when it seems good unto me, may take the hour-glass from Time's hand [etc.]. 1927 Mod. Lang. Notes 42 433 The Delegate, Servant & Creature of the one Supreme Being and all-originating Opifex tho' the Earth is represented as our immediate ‘maternal Fount’. 1974 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 35 67 The designation of God as opifex.., as architect, supreme master builder, as fabricator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1649
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