tormentor
/ˈtɔːˌmentə/TAWR-men-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈtɔɹˌmɛntɚ/TAWR-men-tur
Meaningone who torments
Common meaning: someone who causes suffering
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- tormenta twisting engineSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 650 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from torment + -or.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), TORMENT, p.650 · scan
Source words
- tormentum Latin · source word “a twisting engine”
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