subtilizern.

Brit.

/ˈsʌtl̩ʌɪzə/,

/ˈsʌbtl̩ʌɪzə/, U.S.

/ˈsədlˌaɪzər/,

/ˈsəbtlˌaɪzər/

Forms: 1600s subtilizor, 1700s– subtiliser, 1700s– subtilizer.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: subtilize v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < subtilize v. + -er suffix¹, after French subtiliseur (1611 in Cotgrave: see quot. 1611; now rare).

Now rare.

A person who or thing which subtilizes (something) (in various senses); esp. a person who makes subtle distinctions or argues subtly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] > practitioner of

ergonist1593

ergo1597

subtilist1610

subtilizer1611

ob-and-soller1678

ergoteerer1687

splitter1699

ergotist1739

subtlist1829

straw-splitter1844

hair-splitter1851

pilpulist1859

ergoteur1881

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Subtiliseur, a subtilizor.

1695 T. W. tr. J. Abbadie Art of knowing One-self ii. ix. 166 He must be a very nice Subtiliser, and Mincer of Things.

a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 64 A Slave to Prejudice, a Subtiliser, and Inventor of unheard of Distinctions.

1770 Another Let. to Mr. Almon 154 Let the modern Scottish doctors and professors of morality,..like the old school subtilizers of divinity, spin what theories they please.

1837 Trans. 6th Ann. Meeting Western Literary Inst. 45 Geometry,—that science of beauty and solidity, that strengthener and subtilizer of the human intellect.

1862 N. Darnell tr. J. J. I. von Döllinger Gentile & Jew in Courts Temple of Christ I. v. i. 274 A subtiliser dangerous to youth and throwing doubt on every thing.

1907 V. O'Sullivan Human Affairs 63 He inclined to the doctrine of those old curious subtilizers of ethics whose aim has been to distinguish acts from being, what we do from what we are, [etc.].

1938 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 33 45/2 In Flanders the successors of the Van Eycks were subtilizers, refiners of the living heritage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subtilizer
释义	subtilizern. Brit. /ˈsʌtl̩ʌɪzə/, /ˈsʌbtl̩ʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈsədlˌaɪzər/, /ˈsəbtlˌaɪzər/ Forms: 1600s subtilizor, 1700s– subtiliser, 1700s– subtilizer. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: subtilize v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < subtilize v. + -er suffix¹, after French subtiliseur (1611 in Cotgrave: see quot. 1611; now rare). Now rare. A person who or thing which subtilizes (something) (in various senses); esp. a person who makes subtle distinctions or argues subtly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] > practitioner of ergonist1593 ergo1597 subtilist1610 subtilizer1611 ob-and-soller1678 ergoteerer1687 splitter1699 ergotist1739 subtlist1829 straw-splitter1844 hair-splitter1851 pilpulist1859 ergoteur1881 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Subtiliseur, a subtilizor. 1695 T. W. tr. J. Abbadie Art of knowing One-self ii. ix. 166 He must be a very nice Subtiliser, and Mincer of Things. a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 64 A Slave to Prejudice, a Subtiliser, and Inventor of unheard of Distinctions. 1770 Another Let. to Mr. Almon 154 Let the modern Scottish doctors and professors of morality,..like the old school subtilizers of divinity, spin what theories they please. 1837 Trans. 6th Ann. Meeting Western Literary Inst. 45 Geometry,—that science of beauty and solidity, that strengthener and subtilizer of the human intellect. 1862 N. Darnell tr. J. J. I. von Döllinger Gentile & Jew in Courts Temple of Christ I. v. i. 274 A subtiliser dangerous to youth and throwing doubt on every thing. 1907 V. O'Sullivan Human Affairs 63 He inclined to the doctrine of those old curious subtilizers of ethics whose aim has been to distinguish acts from being, what we do from what we are, [etc.]. 1938 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 33 45/2 In Flanders the successors of the Van Eycks were subtilizers, refiners of the living heritage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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