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单词 blighter
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blightern.

Brit. /ˈblʌɪtə/, U.S. /ˈblaɪdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: blight v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < blight v. + -er suffix1.In sense 2 perhaps partly a euphemistic substitution for bugger n.1 3.
1. Anything that blights.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person > thing
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detriment?1504
tooth1546
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decay1563
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dagger1600
scourge1603
cursea1616
blighter1821
bacillus1883
1821 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater in London Mag. Sept. 302/1 Old age..is a miserable corrupter and blighter to the genial charities of the human heart.
a1845 T. Hood Spring ii The Spring!.. I find her breath a bitter blighter!
2. slang. A contemptible or unpleasant person; often merely as an extravagant substitute for ‘fellow’. Also transferred.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt
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scofting?1518
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tailor1607
turnspit1607
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bulchin1617
trundle-taila1626
tick1631
louse1633
fart1669
insect1684
mully-grub-gurgeon1746
grub-worm1752
rass1790
foutre1794
blister1806
snot1809
skin1825
scurf1851
scut1873
Siwash1882
stiff1882
bleeder1887
blighter1896
sugar1916
vuilgoed1924
klunk1942
fart sack1943
fart-arse1946
jerkwad1980
1896 Idler Mar. 282/1 ‘Larry,’ says they, ‘you ain't going to let that blighter throw you.’
1900 Westm. Gaz. 28 Mar. 9/3 Down with the dirty blighters who will not remove their hats.
1904 R. Kipling in Windsor Mag. Jan. 226/2 ‘There's an accommodatin' blighter for you!’ said Pyecroft.
1920 W. J. Locke House of Baltazar xviii. 218 He could buy up this old blighter of a lord twice over.
1922 Daily Mail 3 Nov. 15 I never dreamt the little blighter would go off in such a hurry.
1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 5 Oct. 274/2 Why was the blighter [sc. the prosecuting counsel] allowed to make the witness say just what he wanted him to say?
1952 R. Finlayson Schooner came to Atia 101 Chapham suddenly became aware of the loud chatter of mina birds. ‘Noisy blighters’ he said.
1957 J. I. M. Stewart Use of Riches 16 ‘What we have to contrive,’ he said, ‘is fair shares—or something near it—for each of the little blighters.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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