smatterern.

/ˈsmatərə/

Forms: Also 1500s smaterar, smatrer, 1500s–1600s smaterer.

Etymology: < smatter v.

One who has only a slight or superficial knowledge of (now rare) or in a matter; a dabbler. Also used without const.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge

smatterer1519

grammatola1529

sciolus1607

morosophist1610

sciolist1612

groll1637

literatora1641

superficialista1691

morosoph1693

short-thinker1711

(a)

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iv. f. 41^v Smaterers [printed Sinarerars] or bunglers of physyke.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria viii. f. 92^v He is a smaterar of grammar.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. ii. sig. Cccc.ij/2 These captious smatterers of Rhetorique.

1810 D. Stewart Philos. Ess. 162 A degree of celebrity among the smatterers of science.

(b)1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 244/2 Some proude smaterer in learning.1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 342 A man..would thinke that in versifying he is but a smatterer.1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. vii. 426 Smatterers in other mens matters.1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 104 More mischiefe cometh from such Smatterers in Physick, than those more ignorant.1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 58. ¶13 For the Benefit of our modern Smatterers in Poetry.a1763 W. King Polit. & Lit. Anecd. (1819) 150 A bare smatterer in the Latin tongue.1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 431 Chilperic..was a smatterer in several kinds of literature.1893 A. Jessopp Stud. Recluse Pref. p. ix A clergyman with a cure of souls..must give up all hopes of being anything but a smatterer in science.(c)1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie Pref. sig. B.i ^v Noble Poetry, pittifullie mangled and defaced, by rude smatterers.1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. D2 Such hurt..ensueth by..medling with medlers or common smatterers.1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. viii. 138 Every smatterer among them hath this much in his mouth.a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 213 As Smatterers prove more arrogant and pert, The less they truly understand an Art.1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xl. 28 No smatterer could read as I had done.1805 D'Israeli in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) I. ii. 48 Could you secure the numerous Smatterers of this age, you will have an enviable body of subscribers.1882 Manch. Guard. 5 Sept. 6 Once off a very special line of his own Dr. Richardson is, we fear, no better than a smatterer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	smatterer
释义	smatterern. /ˈsmatərə/ Forms: Also 1500s smaterar, smatrer, 1500s–1600s smaterer. Etymology: < smatter v. One who has only a slight or superficial knowledge of (now rare) or in a matter; a dabbler. Also used without const. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge smatterer1519 grammatola1529 sciolus1607 morosophist1610 sciolist1612 groll1637 literatora1641 superficialista1691 morosoph1693 short-thinker1711 (a) 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iv. f. 41^v Smaterers [printed Sinarerars] or bunglers of physyke. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria viii. f. 92^v He is a smaterar of grammar. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. ii. sig. Cccc.ij/2 These captious smatterers of Rhetorique. 1810 D. Stewart Philos. Ess. 162 A degree of celebrity among the smatterers of science. (b)1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 244/2 Some proude smaterer in learning.1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 342 A man..would thinke that in versifying he is but a smatterer.1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. vii. 426 Smatterers in other mens matters.1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 104 More mischiefe cometh from such Smatterers in Physick, than those more ignorant.1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 58. ¶13 For the Benefit of our modern Smatterers in Poetry.a1763 W. King Polit. & Lit. Anecd. (1819) 150 A bare smatterer in the Latin tongue.1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 431 Chilperic..was a smatterer in several kinds of literature.1893 A. Jessopp Stud. Recluse Pref. p. ix A clergyman with a cure of souls..must give up all hopes of being anything but a smatterer in science.(c)1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie Pref. sig. B.i ^v Noble Poetry, pittifullie mangled and defaced, by rude smatterers.1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. D2 Such hurt..ensueth by..medling with medlers or common smatterers.1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. viii. 138 Every smatterer among them hath this much in his mouth.a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 213 As Smatterers prove more arrogant and pert, The less they truly understand an Art.1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xl. 28 No smatterer could read as I had done.1805 D'Israeli in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) I. ii. 48 Could you secure the numerous Smatterers of this age, you will have an enviable body of subscribers.1882 Manch. Guard. 5 Sept. 6 Once off a very special line of his own Dr. Richardson is, we fear, no better than a smatterer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1519
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