plain dealern.

Brit.

/ˌpleɪn ˈdiːlə/, U.S.

/ˌpleɪn ˈdilər/

Forms: see plain adj.² and dealer n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plain adj.², dealer n.

Etymology: < plain adj.² + dealer n., after plain dealing n. Compare earlier double-dealer n.

A person who is open, honest, and straightforward in relationships, communication, or other dealings with people.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > frankness, straightforwardness > straightforward person

plain dealer1571

candid friend1798

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxiv. 10) Rather..than God will disappoynt the rightuous and playndealers of their needful foode.

a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) iv. f. 59^v Good men iudge others to be like them selues simple, and plaine dealers, and cannot easilie be perswaded that anie man would goe about such a mischiefe.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 40 Being plaine dealers, voide of dissimulation.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. ii. 86 Ant. Why thou didst conclude hairy men plain dealers without wit. S. Dro. The plainer dealer, the sooner lost; yet he looseth it in a kinde of iollitie.

1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer Prol. I the Plain Dealer am to act to-day..An honest man who..speaks what he thinks.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. Pref. sig. A2 Sir Humphry, I know you are a plain Dealer;..speak the Truth, and spare not.

1747 Duke of Newcastle Let. 16 July in Corr. Dukes of Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 249 This is the time when Men of Art will have the advantage of plain dealers.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. x. 383 When a man has been a plain dealer both in word and look for upwards of fifty years, 'tis expecting too quick a reformation to demand ductility of voice and eye from him at a blow.

1840 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop 4 ‘You're a plain speaker, sir.’ ‘And a plain dealer,’ returned the stranger... ‘If plain speakers are scarce in this part of the world, I fancy that plain dealers are still scarcer.’

1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae viii. 202 I am going to be the plain-dealer once more; if for the last time, so much the better, for I am grown weary of the part.

1959 Times 7 Oct. 10/4 Mr. Phillips is also a plain dealer as party managers go, and he has certainly been at no pains to mislead anybody.

1997 I. Bostridge Witchcraft & its Transformations v. 125 The Review could be seen as a plain dealer which happened to back the ministry; the constellation of interests to which it appealed with such a stance is important.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plain dealer
释义	plain dealern. Brit. /ˌpleɪn ˈdiːlə/, U.S. /ˌpleɪn ˈdilər/ Forms: see plain adj.² and dealer n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plain adj.², dealer n. Etymology: < plain adj.² + dealer n., after plain dealing n. Compare earlier double-dealer n. A person who is open, honest, and straightforward in relationships, communication, or other dealings with people. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] > frankness, straightforwardness > straightforward person plain dealer1571 candid friend1798 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxiv. 10) Rather..than God will disappoynt the rightuous and playndealers of their needful foode. a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) iv. f. 59^v Good men iudge others to be like them selues simple, and plaine dealers, and cannot easilie be perswaded that anie man would goe about such a mischiefe. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 40 Being plaine dealers, voide of dissimulation. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. ii. 86 Ant. Why thou didst conclude hairy men plain dealers without wit. S. Dro. The plainer dealer, the sooner lost; yet he looseth it in a kinde of iollitie. View more context for this quotation 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer Prol. I the Plain Dealer am to act to-day..An honest man who..speaks what he thinks. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. Pref. sig. A2 Sir Humphry, I know you are a plain Dealer;..speak the Truth, and spare not. 1747 Duke of Newcastle Let. 16 July in Corr. Dukes of Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 249 This is the time when Men of Art will have the advantage of plain dealers. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. x. x. 383 When a man has been a plain dealer both in word and look for upwards of fifty years, 'tis expecting too quick a reformation to demand ductility of voice and eye from him at a blow. 1840 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop 4 ‘You're a plain speaker, sir.’ ‘And a plain dealer,’ returned the stranger... ‘If plain speakers are scarce in this part of the world, I fancy that plain dealers are still scarcer.’ 1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae viii. 202 I am going to be the plain-dealer once more; if for the last time, so much the better, for I am grown weary of the part. 1959 Times 7 Oct. 10/4 Mr. Phillips is also a plain dealer as party managers go, and he has certainly been at no pains to mislead anybody. 1997 I. Bostridge Witchcraft & its Transformations v. 125 The Review could be seen as a plain dealer which happened to back the ministry; the constellation of interests to which it appealed with such a stance is important. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1571
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