worder
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
worder (plural worders)
- Someone who words something a certain way; a turner of phrases.
- 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:
- In summe, the active Christian is the onely Seraphicall Doctor, the just Dealer, the best Casuist, the good Example, Master of the Sentences, each good Action speaking more effectually, Imitation, or Conviction to Spectators, than any (though the subtlest worder) could ever arrive to.
- (in combinations) Something having a certain number, or type, of words
- a ten-worder
References edit
- “worder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.