单词 | whimperer |
释义 | whimperern. One who whimpers. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > feeble, plaintive, or peevish cry or crying > one who whiner1603 whindle1647 whimperer1737 puler1832 grizzle1893 mizzler1945 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains > peevish or querulous whiner1603 whimperer1737 whinger1791 Peter Grievance1837 Peter Grievous1875 grizzler1900 bellyacher1930 1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. vii. 66 (note) Marmiteux a Whimperer. a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. i. i. 3 No finical gentleman, nor such a whimperer as his brother. 1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) ii. 61 We are become timorous desponding whimperers. 1863 ‘Holme Lee’ Annis Warleigh III. 241 When her wee whimperer would allow any voice but his own to be heard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1737 |
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