quadruplatorn.

Brit.

/kwɒˈdruːpleɪtə/,

/kwəˈdruːpleɪtə/, U.S.

/kwɑˈdruˌpleɪdər/,

/kwəˈdruˌpleɪdər/

Inflections: Plural quadruplatores, quadruplators.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadruplātor.

Etymology: < classical Latin quadruplātor public informer, person who multiplies by four < quadruplāt- , past participial stem of quadruplāre quadruple v. + -or -or suffix. With sense 2 compare quadruplate v., and also French quadruplateur (a1628).The exact origin of the sense ‘public informer’ is not certain, though there is probably some connection with classical Latin quadruplum a fourfold penalty (see quadruple n.), as suggested by ancient authors.

1. Roman History. An informer; a person paid to denounce another in a court. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer

wrayerc1000

wrobberc1300

discoverera1400

denunciator1474

informer1503

denouncer1533

detector1541

delatora1572

sycophant1579

inquisitor1580

scout1585

finger man1596

emphanista1631

quadruplator1632

informant1645

eastee-man1681

whiddler1699

runner1724

stag1725

snitch1785

qui tam1788

squeak1795

split1819

clype1825

telegraph1825

snitcher1827

Jack Nasty1837

pigeon1847

booker1863

squealer1865

pig1874

rounder1884

sneak1886

mouse1890

finger1899

fizgig1902

screamer1902

squeaker1903

canary1912

shopper1924

narker1932

snurge1933

cheese eater1935

singer1935

tip-off1941

top-off1941

tout1959

rat fink1961

whistle-blower1970

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xiv. 59 In this court be heard Quadruplatores (which we call promoters) which be those that in popular and penall action be delatores.]

1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 198 Our prouling Informers, like those old Sycophants in Athens, or the Quadruplatores in Rome.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. viii. 32) A cunning fetch of an old quadruplator.

1752 B. Molesworth tr. J. R. de Serviez Rom. Empresses II. 136 He extirpated the Quadruplators, that dangerous Sort of People.

1867 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Biogr. & Mythol. (Boston ed.) II. 1136/1 Naevius Turpio, a quadruplator or public informer, was one of the unscrupulous agents of Verres in plundering the unhappy Sicilians.

1884 P. B. Watson Marcus Aurelius Antoninus vii. 301 He abolished entirely the quadruplatores, or informers.

2000 K. McCarthy Slaves, Masters, & Authority iv. 134 An implicit analogy..that would equate the flattery and humiliating service by which the parasite feeds himself..with the public informing by which the quadruplator makes his living.

†2. A person who restores something fourfold. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 209 Zacheus..imposed vpon himselfe..a foure-fold restitution... Here was a right Quadruplator indeed; and in the best sense.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quadruplator
释义	quadruplatorn. Brit. /kwɒˈdruːpleɪtə/, /kwəˈdruːpleɪtə/, U.S. /kwɑˈdruˌpleɪdər/, /kwəˈdruˌpleɪdər/ Inflections: Plural quadruplatores, quadruplators. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quadruplātor. Etymology: < classical Latin quadruplātor public informer, person who multiplies by four < quadruplāt- , past participial stem of quadruplāre quadruple v. + -or -or suffix. With sense 2 compare quadruplate v., and also French quadruplateur (a1628).The exact origin of the sense ‘public informer’ is not certain, though there is probably some connection with classical Latin quadruplum a fourfold penalty (see quadruple n.), as suggested by ancient authors. 1. Roman History. An informer; a person paid to denounce another in a court. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer wrayerc1000 wrobberc1300 discoverera1400 denunciator1474 informer1503 denouncer1533 detector1541 delatora1572 sycophant1579 inquisitor1580 scout1585 finger man1596 emphanista1631 quadruplator1632 informant1645 eastee-man1681 whiddler1699 runner1724 stag1725 snitch1785 qui tam1788 squeak1795 split1819 clype1825 telegraph1825 snitcher1827 Jack Nasty1837 pigeon1847 booker1863 squealer1865 pig1874 rounder1884 sneak1886 mouse1890 finger1899 fizgig1902 screamer1902 squeaker1903 canary1912 shopper1924 narker1932 snurge1933 cheese eater1935 singer1935 tip-off1941 top-off1941 tout1959 rat fink1961 whistle-blower1970 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xiv. 59 In this court be heard Quadruplatores (which we call promoters) which be those that in popular and penall action be delatores.] 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 198 Our prouling Informers, like those old Sycophants in Athens, or the Quadruplatores in Rome. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. viii. 32) A cunning fetch of an old quadruplator. 1752 B. Molesworth tr. J. R. de Serviez Rom. Empresses II. 136 He extirpated the Quadruplators, that dangerous Sort of People. 1867 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Biogr. & Mythol. (Boston ed.) II. 1136/1 Naevius Turpio, a quadruplator or public informer, was one of the unscrupulous agents of Verres in plundering the unhappy Sicilians. 1884 P. B. Watson Marcus Aurelius Antoninus vii. 301 He abolished entirely the quadruplatores, or informers. 2000 K. McCarthy Slaves, Masters, & Authority iv. 134 An implicit analogy..that would equate the flattery and humiliating service by which the parasite feeds himself..with the public informing by which the quadruplator makes his living. †2. A person who restores something fourfold. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 209 Zacheus..imposed vpon himselfe..a foure-fold restitution... Here was a right Quadruplator indeed; and in the best sense. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1632
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