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temporizer

noun

Etymology

From temporize + -er.

  1. derived from *temp-✻
  2. derived from temporāre — “to delay, put off”
  3. derived from temporizāre
  4. derived from temporiser — “to wait one's time, temporize”
  5. suffixed as temporizer — “temporize + er”

Definitions

  1. A person who temporizes

    • I pronounce thee a hovering temporizer, that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil, Inclining to them both.

The neighborhood

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