despairer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈspɛːɹə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈspɛɹɚ/
- Hyphenation: des‧pair‧er
Noun
[edit]despairer (plural despairers)
- One who despairs.
- 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 242, page 61:
- He chears the fearful, and commends the bold, / And makes deſpairers hope for good ſucceſs.
- 1855 July 4, Walt Whitman, “[Song of Myself]”, in Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: [James and Andrew Rome], →OCLC, stanza 40, page 45:
- O despairer, here is my neck, / By God! you shall not go down! Hang your whole weight upon me.
- 1866, Matthew Arnold, Thrysis A Monody:
- Too quick despairer, wherefore wilt thou go?