softenern.

Brit.

/ˈsɒf(ə)nə/, U.S.

/ˈsɔf(ə)nər/,

/ˈsɑf(ə)nər/

Forms: see soften v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: soften v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < soften v. + -er suffix¹.

a. A thing which makes something physically softer; esp. a chemical preparation used for this purpose; a softening agent.fabric softener, leather softener, water softener, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [noun] > becoming or making soft > that which or one who

softener1580

1580 T. Bright Treat. Sufficiencie Eng. Med. 45 If any hard matter be in other parts, the softeners & wasters, and dissoluers are to be applyed.

1638 tr. F. Bacon Hist. Life & Death 198 Mallows, Mercury, Milke, and such like mollifiers and softners.

1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Parfait Mareschal i. xxxvii. 123 His sole should be moistned with good Remolades or softners, and his horn with hoof-salves.

1711 J. Marten Treat. Venereal Dis. (ed. 7) i. iv. 74 To remove as much as 'twas possible, the hardness and magnitude of it, I apply'd Restrictive Softners, with a Bag-Truss.

1756 F. Home Exper. Bleaching iv. ii. 236 We have then found a softener of hard water where it was not expected.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 65 A ride of two hundred and odd miles in severe weather, is one of the best softeners of a hard bed that ingenuity can devise.

1886 Real Cause of Depression in Cotton Trade 9 Tallow and Epsom salts are also used as softeners, or with this weight they would not be able either to beam or weave the yarn.

1954 A. J. Hall Standard Handbk. Textiles (ed. 4) iv. 265 It is important not to use softeners which reduce the fastness of coloured goods to light.

1973 Times 1 June 11/5 It tests the water every night, working its little two-inch square brain-box attached to the softener.

2006 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 30 Sept. 5 fe The softener should not be used on children's sleepwear.

b. A person who or thing which softens something (in non-physical senses). Formerly also occasionally with away, down. Cf. soften v. 7.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > one who or that which mitigates or moderates

slakea1300

mitigativea1398

allayerc1487

slaker?1518

assuager1547

abater1583

mollifier1583

mitigator1586

moderator1589

softener1599

rebater1601

lightener?1611

allay1614

swager1617

mitigation1622

temperer1630

alleviator1665

alleviative1672

sheather1762

soberera1849

buffer1858

charmer1871

suppressant1884

modifier1890

moderant1897

shock-absorber1924

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [noun] > making or becoming sensitive or tender > one who or that which makes sensitive or tender

softener1599

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [noun] > making or becoming sensitive or tender > one who or that which makes sensitive or tender > specifically of the heart

softener1599

1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. 2/2 A smoothbootes, a fine tongued fellow, a softener, pacifier or appeaser.

1610 S. Hieron Helpe vnto Deuotion (rev. ed.) 213 Whose bloud is..the principall softener of the hart.

1659 W. Charleton Ephesian Matron 112 You are..the obstacles to honour; the softners of courage.

1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. i. xxxii. 20 Thou Softner of each anxious Care.

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. i. 3 What a softener of the heart was this persuasion!

1866 Temple Bar Oct. 377 Bettina had never seen any particular good come of your Colensos and other softeners-away of Holy Writ.

1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 27 A true helpmate and softener-down of the rough edges.

2013 S. Beer & E. Roberts Step-by-step Tapping viii. 111/2 Use softeners. Introduce words such as ‘maybe’, ‘perhaps’, ‘possibly’.

c. A person who or thing which makes someone more amenable or cooperative. Usually with up. Cf. soften v. 11.

ΚΠ

1943 Washington Post 30 Aug. 4 b/3 I ran into a native son of Worcester, Mass., who was serving an eager apprenticeship under Hitler's ace softener-up-of-foreign countries.

1953 Hibbert Jrnl. 51 289 Perhaps this type of book has a function as a sentimental ‘softener-up’,..and can be followed by more rational and constructive education.

1978 P. Grace Mutuwhenua xiii. 86 Thought her old man was saving one up for me. The smile was just the softener.

2015 M. Dillon & L. Garland tr. Macrobius Saturnalia in Anc. Rome (ed. 2) xv. 792 Farewell, my ebony from Medullia,..beryl of Porsenna, Adriatic carbuncle—or, in short, softener-up of adulterous wives!

2. A soft paintbrush used for blending or shading. Cf. badger softener n. at badger n.² Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > brush > types of

pencila1350

calaber pencil1583

washing-brush1585

softener1756

hair-pencil1763

camel('s) hair pencil1771

pound brush1780

dabberc1790

varnishing brush1825

writer1825

red sable1859

sweetener1859

varnish brush1859

fitch1873

sable-brush1873

wash-brush1873

Poona brush1875

hake1882

rigger1883

airbrush1884

liner1886

sable1891

stippler1891

aerograph1898

mop brush1904

filbert brush1950

1756 T. Bardwell Pract. Painting & Perspective 20 After all is painted, we should go over the Whole very lightly with the Softener.., which will make it look agreeably finished.

1825 C. Hayter Introd. Perspective, Drawing, & Painting (ed. 4) 286 You will of course use the softener on the parts you cover, while the paint is moist.

1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 6/2 For shading, camel or sable hair brushes, called Softeners, are generally used.

1922 Illustr. World Mar. 114/2 With the softener, lightly work all over the panel.

2005 R. Hughes Painting & Decorating x. 165 The softener blends the colours and shapes of the applied media to create realistic effects.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	softener
释义	softenern. Brit. /ˈsɒf(ə)nə/, U.S. /ˈsɔf(ə)nər/, /ˈsɑf(ə)nər/ Forms: see soften v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: soften v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < soften v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. A thing which makes something physically softer; esp. a chemical preparation used for this purpose; a softening agent.fabric softener, leather softener, water softener, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [noun] > becoming or making soft > that which or one who softener1580 1580 T. Bright Treat. Sufficiencie Eng. Med. 45 If any hard matter be in other parts, the softeners & wasters, and dissoluers are to be applyed. 1638 tr. F. Bacon Hist. Life & Death 198 Mallows, Mercury, Milke, and such like mollifiers and softners. 1696 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Parfait Mareschal i. xxxvii. 123 His sole should be moistned with good Remolades or softners, and his horn with hoof-salves. 1711 J. Marten Treat. Venereal Dis. (ed. 7) i. iv. 74 To remove as much as 'twas possible, the hardness and magnitude of it, I apply'd Restrictive Softners, with a Bag-Truss. 1756 F. Home Exper. Bleaching iv. ii. 236 We have then found a softener of hard water where it was not expected. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 65 A ride of two hundred and odd miles in severe weather, is one of the best softeners of a hard bed that ingenuity can devise. 1886 Real Cause of Depression in Cotton Trade 9 Tallow and Epsom salts are also used as softeners, or with this weight they would not be able either to beam or weave the yarn. 1954 A. J. Hall Standard Handbk. Textiles (ed. 4) iv. 265 It is important not to use softeners which reduce the fastness of coloured goods to light. 1973 Times 1 June 11/5 It tests the water every night, working its little two-inch square brain-box attached to the softener. 2006 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 30 Sept. 5 fe The softener should not be used on children's sleepwear. b. A person who or thing which softens something (in non-physical senses). Formerly also occasionally with away, down. Cf. soften v. 7. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > one who or that which mitigates or moderates slakea1300 mitigativea1398 allayerc1487 slaker?1518 assuager1547 abater1583 mollifier1583 mitigator1586 moderator1589 softener1599 rebater1601 lightener?1611 allay1614 swager1617 mitigation1622 temperer1630 alleviator1665 alleviative1672 sheather1762 soberera1849 buffer1858 charmer1871 suppressant1884 modifier1890 moderant1897 shock-absorber1924 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [noun] > making or becoming sensitive or tender > one who or that which makes sensitive or tender softener1599 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [noun] > making or becoming sensitive or tender > one who or that which makes sensitive or tender > specifically of the heart softener1599 1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. 2/2 A smoothbootes, a fine tongued fellow, a softener, pacifier or appeaser. 1610 S. Hieron Helpe vnto Deuotion (rev. ed.) 213 Whose bloud is..the principall softener of the hart. 1659 W. Charleton Ephesian Matron 112 You are..the obstacles to honour; the softners of courage. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. i. xxxii. 20 Thou Softner of each anxious Care. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. i. 3 What a softener of the heart was this persuasion! 1866 Temple Bar Oct. 377 Bettina had never seen any particular good come of your Colensos and other softeners-away of Holy Writ. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 27 A true helpmate and softener-down of the rough edges. 2013 S. Beer & E. Roberts Step-by-step Tapping viii. 111/2 Use softeners. Introduce words such as ‘maybe’, ‘perhaps’, ‘possibly’. c. A person who or thing which makes someone more amenable or cooperative. Usually with up. Cf. soften v. 11. ΚΠ 1943 Washington Post 30 Aug. 4 b/3 I ran into a native son of Worcester, Mass., who was serving an eager apprenticeship under Hitler's ace softener-up-of-foreign countries. 1953 Hibbert Jrnl. 51 289 Perhaps this type of book has a function as a sentimental ‘softener-up’,..and can be followed by more rational and constructive education. 1978 P. Grace Mutuwhenua xiii. 86 Thought her old man was saving one up for me. The smile was just the softener. 2015 M. Dillon & L. Garland tr. Macrobius Saturnalia in Anc. Rome (ed. 2) xv. 792 Farewell, my ebony from Medullia,..beryl of Porsenna, Adriatic carbuncle—or, in short, softener-up of adulterous wives! 2. A soft paintbrush used for blending or shading. Cf. badger softener n. at badger n.² Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > brush > types of pencila1350 calaber pencil1583 washing-brush1585 softener1756 hair-pencil1763 camel('s) hair pencil1771 pound brush1780 dabberc1790 varnishing brush1825 writer1825 red sable1859 sweetener1859 varnish brush1859 fitch1873 sable-brush1873 wash-brush1873 Poona brush1875 hake1882 rigger1883 airbrush1884 liner1886 sable1891 stippler1891 aerograph1898 mop brush1904 filbert brush1950 1756 T. Bardwell Pract. Painting & Perspective 20 After all is painted, we should go over the Whole very lightly with the Softener.., which will make it look agreeably finished. 1825 C. Hayter Introd. Perspective, Drawing, & Painting (ed. 4) 286 You will of course use the softener on the parts you cover, while the paint is moist. 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 6/2 For shading, camel or sable hair brushes, called Softeners, are generally used. 1922 Illustr. World Mar. 114/2 With the softener, lightly work all over the panel. 2005 R. Hughes Painting & Decorating x. 165 The softener blends the colours and shapes of the applied media to create realistic effects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1580
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