单词 | doomsdayer |
释义 | doomsdayer in British English (ˈduːmzˌdeɪə) noun someone who prophesies doom doomsdayer in American English (ˈduːmzˌdeiər) noun a doomsayer Word origin [1970–75; doomsday + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Heimlich maneuver, consciousness-raising, cornrow, good old boy, relational database-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner) |
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