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单词 seemer
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seemern.

/ˈsiːmə/
Etymology: < seem v.2 + -er suffix1.
One who seems, or makes a pretence or show.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > one who dissembles
a wolf in a lamb's skin, in sheep's clothingc1460
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seemera1616
fop1755
mutton dressed as lamb1811
comedian1893
faux bonhomme1916
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. iii. 54 Lord Angelo..Scarce confesses That his blood flowes: or that his appetite Is more to bread then stone: hence shall we see If power change purpose: what our Seemers be. View more context for this quotation
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 Cor. x. 12) If he be no more then a seemer, he will fall at length into hell-mouth.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 247 When the guardians of the laws and of the government are only seemers and not real guardians.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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