| 单词 | true sayer |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrue sayer b. With modifying adjective, as false sayer, ill sayer, true sayer, etc.: a person who speaks falsely, wrongly, truly, etc. Now archaic and rare.Early evidence of soothsayer n. might be interpreted as involving adjectival use of sooth (see sooth adj.) and, therefore, belonging in this sense rather than in sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a liar liarc950 gabbera1325 fabler1362 wernard1362 leasing-mongerc1380 false sayera1382 leasing-maker1424 leasing-bearerc1440 contriver1477 drivelard1530 falsifier1532 lie-teller1552 Ananias1572 lick-dish1575 falsificator1609 fabulist1626 cracka1640 leaser1641 commentiter1645 prevaricator1650 cracker1652 bugiarda1670 rapper1758 pseudologist1804 Tom Pepper1818 wrinkler1819 lie-monger1830 untruther1889 tale-teller1894 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > one who slanders missayer1340 slandererc1340 jurorc1380 third tonguea1382 defamerc1425 malignerc1425 disclanderer1447 praterc1500 evil-sayer1530 ill sayera1533 infamera1533 belier1541 sycophant1548 calumniatorc1550 disgracer1570 infamator1571 depraver1584 calumnier1586 libeller1589 infamizer1593 maldisant1598 oblocutor1603 traducer1603 villainizer1605 vilifier1611 calumner1614 scandallerc1620 scandalizer1632 blackmouth1642 deflowerer1645 famer1646 defamator1658 reflector1681 reflecter1686 asperser1702 bedirtera1742 libellist1794 mud-flinger1839 denigrator1875 mud-slinger1876 tar-brusher1884 libellant- a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xvi. 9 My ryuelis seyn witnesse aȝen me, and the false seiere [L. falsiloquus] is rered vp aȝen my face. c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) l. 864 Wyth yow tweyn wo ys replyede, He may sey he hathe a schrewde seyer. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Nn.iijv The most vylanie in men, is to bee ylle saiers. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. xi. f. lxxii Lest, men myght thynke he fayned, he sholde seke out & brynge forthe some of those shrewd sayers hym selfe. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 40 We ar forbiddin be it to bear fals and deceptfull witnes..as verralie is doone be quhisperars, bakbytters, and euil sayers. 1653 R. Farnworth Flying Roll in Voice First Trumpet sig. C Woe to you Scribes, and faire Sayers, Hypocrites, that appeare to be in words, that which you deny in actions. 1691 T. Goodaire Plain Testimony Antient Truth & Work of God 29 It is not the Hearers, nor the fair Sayers..that shall be Justified by the Lord. 1822 tr. Xenophon Anabasis i. viii. 27 If you prove to be a true sayer, I promise you ‘ten talents’. 1866 G. T. Collins Cholera vii. 114 Let these medical wise-sayers administer their vaunted remedies in a case of real ‘asphyxiated cholera’, and their fallacy will be made fearfully apparent. 2007 C. Marsh Wayward Christian Soldiers vi. 123 Antony learned that the demons and false-sayers flee in terror before the sign of the cross. < as lemmas |
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