yearnern.

Brit.

/ˈjəːnə/, U.S.

/ˈjərnər/

Forms: see yearn v.¹ and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: yearn v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < yearn v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

rare before 19th cent.

A person who yearns; esp. one who yearns for or after something (cf. yearn v.¹ 2a).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun] > one who longs or yearns

longer1435

yearnerc1480

lingerer1579

panter1710

hankerer1846

c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 724 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 325 Lofare of vertu & dyspysare of þe warld, of hewine ȝarnar.

1831 Athenaeum 16 July 456/3 He also was eccentric, but he was gentle-hearted, self-denying, a lover of his species, a yearner after its improvement.

1878 Phrenol. Jrnl. 1878 247/1 It is foolish to yearn our lives out in such a world. No one knows it better than the yearners, but how can we help it?

1915 A. Bennett Over There 186 The yearners after Calais did themselves no good by exterminating fine architecture and breaking up innocent homes, but they did experience the relief of smashing something.

1935 T. Wolfe Of Time & River iv. li. 468 With a million other dreary Hebrew yearners, [he was] convinced that he was the messiah for which the earth was groaning.

1998 W. Pollack Real Boys (1999) 204 Boys, then, are not self-sufficient loners but, rather, yearners for connection.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yearner
释义	yearnern. Brit. /ˈjəːnə/, U.S. /ˈjərnər/ Forms: see yearn v.¹ and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: yearn v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < yearn v.¹ + -er suffix¹. rare before 19th cent. A person who yearns; esp. one who yearns for or after something (cf. yearn v.¹ 2a). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun] > one who longs or yearns longer1435 yearnerc1480 lingerer1579 panter1710 hankerer1846 c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 724 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 325 Lofare of vertu & dyspysare of þe warld, of hewine ȝarnar. 1831 Athenaeum 16 July 456/3 He also was eccentric, but he was gentle-hearted, self-denying, a lover of his species, a yearner after its improvement. 1878 Phrenol. Jrnl. 1878 247/1 It is foolish to yearn our lives out in such a world. No one knows it better than the yearners, but how can we help it? 1915 A. Bennett Over There 186 The yearners after Calais did themselves no good by exterminating fine architecture and breaking up innocent homes, but they did experience the relief of smashing something. 1935 T. Wolfe Of Time & River iv. li. 468 With a million other dreary Hebrew yearners, [he was] convinced that he was the messiah for which the earth was groaning. 1998 W. Pollack Real Boys (1999) 204 Boys, then, are not self-sufficient loners but, rather, yearners for connection. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1480
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