abandoner en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈbændənə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /əˈbændənɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Germanic *bannanąder. Frankish *bannder. Old French ban Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *dóh₃r̥ ~ *déh₃n̥s Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *déh₃nom Proto-Italic *dōnom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *dōnāō? Latin donāre Old French doner Old French a ban doner Old French abandonerder. Middle English abandounen English abandon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English abandoner From abandon + -er.
Meanings
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One who abandons.
[…] Kate’s been left in the emotional lurch by all sorts of objectifying men, psychic abandoners who range from her husband […] to her final lover […]
1990, David Foster Wallace, “The Empty Plenum: David Markson’s Wittgenstein’s Mistress”, in Both Flesh and Not, New York: Little, Brown, published 2012:Sin-hating powers, reformers of all vice, Abandoners of euil and cruell actes, Cease to pursue with weapons of reuenge, Mine haynous and intollerable fact.
1595, Francis Sabie, The Fissher-mans Tale of the Famous Actes, Life and Loue of Cassander a Grecian Knight, London:[…] cold and constant Queene, Abandoner of Revells, mute contemplative,
1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act V, scene v, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| abandoners | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
it abbandonatore (one who abandons) · de Verlassende (one who abandons) · es abandonador (one who abandons) · oc abandonaire (one who abandons) · ro abandonator (one who abandons) · de Verlassender (one who abandons) · pt abandonador (one who abandons) · oc abandonator (one who abandons) · it abbandonatrice (one who abandons)