单词 | querist |
释义 | queristn. A person who asks or enquires; a questioner, an interrogator. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] > an enquirer, questioner asker?c1225 questioner?a1425 querorc1450 speererc1480 inquirer?c1570 querist1633 querier1672 inquirist1748 queryist1863 1633 Earl of Manchester Al Mondo: Contemplatio Mortis (rev. ed.) 139 Those Queristes, who must haue a reason for euery thing in Religion. 1655 H. Hammond Acct. Mr. Cawdry's Triplex Diatribe vii. 273 They are..only a concession of what was asked by the Quaerist. 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. ix. 3 Lays it, with all his Might, cross the Shoulders of the Impertinent Querist. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 5. 31 This Querist thinks himself..very seasonable in the Questions. 1759 S. Fielding Hist. Countess of Dellwyn I. ii. ii. 189 I will act the Part of Querist; for I know otherwise we shall not get Half her History. a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 2 Were we asked..what is air, we should refer the querist to his experience alone. 1782 T. Horde Female Pedant i. 6 As I was neither a votary, nor a querist at the fane of her pedantry, she has transferred her good will. 1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour ii. 156 The curiosity of these insatiable querists was not destined to be gratified. 1857 Harper's Weekly 10 Jan. 20 Smiling..as with the look of one habituated to querists and to human nature. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 82 A troublesome querist comes and asks, ‘What is the just and good?’ 1945 Biometrics Bull. 1 70 If querist has other alternatives to be considered, he may be interested in the..test discussed in following answers. 1993 Daily Tel. 11 May 16/3 All previous evidence suggests that such a query invariably affects the concentration of the querist, and they usually under-perform as a result. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1633 |
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