单词 | tergiversator |
释义 | tergiversatorn. One who tergiversates; a renegade; a shuffler. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles > one who renay1340 apostate1362 renegatec1450 starter1519 reniant1532 changeling1539 rannigala1560 recreant1570 turncoat1570 renegado1573 start-away1574 off-faller?1575 start-back1579 departer1586 reneger1597 retrospicientc1600 runagadea1604 renegade1611 turn-tail1621 runagado1623 trip-coata1625 retrogredient1650 retrograde1651 tergiversator1716 rat1755 ratter1819 tergiversant1833 blackleg1844 strike-breaker1904 faller-out1964 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 225 The same learned Arian Tergiversator. 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 129 [To] deliver King and country from a set of tergiversators. 1855 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs (1856) 485 Nothing better than a political recreant and tergiversator. Derivatives tergiˈversatory adj. shuffling, shifty. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [adjective] renayedc1380 renegate1488 regenerate?1536 runagate1549 renegantc1550 turncoat1571 relenting1576 reneged1594 renegado1612 recreant1613 tergiversating1654 renegade1664 apostate1671 tergiversant1710 blackleg1767 revulsionary1817 tergiversated1831 tergiverse1852 tergiversatory1891 breakaway1934 walk-in1978 1891 Sat. Rev. 12 Sept. 295/2 The tergiversatory performances of Mr. —— and Mr. ——. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1716 |
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