be-er

noun

Etymology

From be + -er. Hyphenated to avoid confusion with the beverage beer.

  1. derived from *h₁ésti
  2. inherited from wesan
  3. derived from *h₂wes-
  4. inherited from *wesaną
  5. inherited from *wesan
  6. inherited from ġebēon
  7. inherited from been — “to be
  8. inherited from *bʰuHyéti
  9. inherited from *beuną
  10. inherited from bēon
  11. inherited from been
  12. suffixed as be-er — “be + er

Definitions

  1. One whose self-identity is in passive roles, such as experiencing and observing.

    • That meant, among other things, that he was going to be a fast-moving doer. And even when he was three or four, it wasn't hard for me to know that this wasn't going to be easy. Because Albert was a beer. Born that way.
    • they were also sentient citizens of a community that was exchanging the old idea of itself as a nation of doers and be-ers for a new vision of the U.S.A. as an atomized mass of self-conscious watchers and appearers.
    • 'Be-ers' or 'observers' assess a situation, see what's happening, and then take action if necessary

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for be-er. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA