word-catcher
noun
1A person who catches or cavils at words, a petty or carping critic (now rare ).
2A person who catches or makes a collection of words.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Hamon L'Estrange (1605–1660), theologian and historian.
- burnout
- burn rate
- Burns, George
- burnside
- Burnside, Ambrose
- Burns Night
- burn someone in effigy
- burn someone out
- burn someone up
- burn something down (or burn down)
- burn something into
- burn something off
- burn something out
- burn something to a crisp
- Burns, Robert
- Burns Supper
- Burnsville
- burnt
- burnt alabaster
- burn the candle at both ends
- burn the midnight oil
- burnt ochre
- burnt offering
- burnt sienna
- burnt to a cinder