doryphore
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
A modification of doriphore, borrowed from French doryphore (“Colorado beetle”) by Harold Nicolson in 1952, presumably under the influence of the various senses of pest. The French term was a translation of the New Latin genus Doryphora, itself from Ancient Greek δορυφόρος (doruphóros, “lance-bearing; lance-bearer”).[1]
Noun[edit]
doryphore (plural doryphores)
- (rare, humorous) A petty pedant, a person who complains about minor mistakes.
- 1952 August 22, Harold Nicolson, Spectator, page 238:
- 1960 December 9, Daily Telegraph, page 19:
- The idiomatic implications of such a word as doryphore in his own text is left for the ignorant to guess. (It means a Colorado beetle and, hence, a pest.)
References[edit]
- ^ "doryphore, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin Doryphora (the former genus of the Colorado beetle), from Ancient Greek δορυφόρος (doruphóros, “lance-bearing; lance-bearer”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
doryphore m (plural doryphores)
Further reading[edit]
- “doryphore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French doryphore, from New Latin Doryphora, its former genus.
Noun[edit]
doryphore m (plural doryphores)
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