postponern.

Brit.

/pəˈspəʊnə/,

/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈpəʊnə/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊs(t)ˈpoʊnər/,

/pəˈspoʊnər/

Forms: see postpone v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: postpone v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < postpone v. + -er suffix¹.

A person who postpones, delays, or puts off something; a procrastinator. Now also: spec. a person who chooses to delay becoming a parent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > one who delays

tarrier1382

delayer1509

postponer1533

prolonger1548

proroguer1551

deferrer1552

waiter upon God1592

procrastinator1607

temporizer1609

protracter1611

protractor1611

retarder1644

cunctator1654

adjourner1738

postponator1775

putter-off1803

tomorrower1810

offput1856

shelver1881

staller1937

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xix. 205 Of ane tribune þar war postponare of þe public weill [L. moratorem publici commodi].

1767 Let. 2 Nov. in Contest (1768) 37 The following questions... Whether Sir Armine Woodhouse..was a postponer on that interesting occasion to the public.

a1805 W. Paley Serm. on Neglect of Warnings (1810) 448 These postponers never enter upon religion at all, in earnest or effectually.

1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. vi. 96 One of those delicious girls in the New Comedy..was called The Postponer, The Deferrer, or, as we might say, The Tomorrower.

1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan x. 151 The Great Mother,..like Aphrodite, was a ‘Postponer of Old Age’.

1979 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 41 259/2 Lumping together involuntarily childless individuals and postponers together with voluntarily childless individuals represents a methodological shortcoming.

1988 Time (Nexis) 10 Oct. 98 Today even some of the most committed postponers of parenthood are finally deciding to have children.

2004 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 26 May s19 The phrase ‘last minute’ would never have been invented if there weren't millions of professional postponers and luckily, there are some great websites out there for last-minute tickets, holidays and gifts.

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

单词	postponer
释义	postponern. Brit. /pəˈspəʊnə/, /ˌpəʊs(t)ˈpəʊnə/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈpoʊnər/, /pəˈspoʊnər/ Forms: see postpone v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: postpone v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < postpone v. + -er suffix¹. A person who postpones, delays, or puts off something; a procrastinator. Now also: spec. a person who chooses to delay becoming a parent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > one who delays tarrier1382 delayer1509 postponer1533 prolonger1548 proroguer1551 deferrer1552 waiter upon God1592 procrastinator1607 temporizer1609 protracter1611 protractor1611 retarder1644 cunctator1654 adjourner1738 postponator1775 putter-off1803 tomorrower1810 offput1856 shelver1881 staller1937 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xix. 205 Of ane tribune þar war postponare of þe public weill [L. moratorem publici commodi]. 1767 Let. 2 Nov. in Contest (1768) 37 The following questions... Whether Sir Armine Woodhouse..was a postponer on that interesting occasion to the public. a1805 W. Paley Serm. on Neglect of Warnings (1810) 448 These postponers never enter upon religion at all, in earnest or effectually. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. vi. 96 One of those delicious girls in the New Comedy..was called The Postponer, The Deferrer, or, as we might say, The Tomorrower. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan x. 151 The Great Mother,..like Aphrodite, was a ‘Postponer of Old Age’. 1979 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 41 259/2 Lumping together involuntarily childless individuals and postponers together with voluntarily childless individuals represents a methodological shortcoming. 1988 Time (Nexis) 10 Oct. 98 Today even some of the most committed postponers of parenthood are finally deciding to have children. 2004 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 26 May s19 The phrase ‘last minute’ would never have been invented if there weren't millions of professional postponers and luckily, there are some great websites out there for last-minute tickets, holidays and gifts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1533
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