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单词 wasser
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wassern.1

Etymology: Perhaps shortened < wasserman n.
Obsolete. rare.
Perhaps: = wasserman n.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > human hybrid > mermaid or merman > merman
seaman1569
wasserman1590
merman1601
wassera1637
marmennill1805
waterman1833
a1637 G. Markham Newe Metamorph. (BL MS Addit. 14826) I. i. v. 90 The horrible huge whales did there appeare The wasser that makes marryners to feare.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

wassern.2

/ˈwɒzə/
Forms: Also was-ser.
Etymology: < was n., 1st and 3rd person singular past tense of be v. + -s + -er suffix1.
= has-been n. and adj.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > one who is a failure > one who is past his peak
has-been1702
have-been1737
had-beenc1748
used-to-be1852
extinct volcano1865
wasser1924
yesterday's man1966
1924 R. Kipling Debits & Credits 313 Bert was for it, with a few remarks from the patriotic old was-sers on the bench.
1936 F. M. Ford Let. 6 Sept. (1965) 259 But I don't want to be harmed by people calling me a lousy old wasser.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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