adorer

English

Etymology

From adore +‎ -er.

Noun

adorer (plural adorers)

1. Someone who adores.
   1. Someone who worships.
      • 1582, Gregory Martin (translator), The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, John 4.23, p. 226,

        But the houre commeth, and now it is, when the true adorers shal adore the Father in spirit and veritie.

      • 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC, lines 140-143:

        […] I in one Night freed / From servitude inglorious welnigh half / Th’ Angelic Name, and thinner left the throng / Of his adorers […]

      • 1798, Thomas Paine, Atheism Refuted‎, London: J. Johnson, page 17:

        All men in the outset of the religion they profess are adorers of a God, and friends of man.

      Synonyms: devotee, worshipper

   2. Someone who has a deep admiration, fondness or love (of someone or something).
      • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

        […] I profess myself her adorer, not her friend.

      • 1732, George Berkeley, “The Sixth Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. , volume II, London: J Tonson , →OCLC, section XXXII, page 122:

        I vvho profeſs my ſelf an Admirer, an Adorer of Reaſon, am obliged to ovvn, that in ſome Caſes the Sharpneſs of Ridicule can do more than the Strength of Argument.

      • 1871, W. S. Gilbert, “Old Paul and Old Tim”, in More “Bab” Ballads‎, London: Routledge, published 1892, page 164:

        When rival adorers come courting a maid, / There’s something or other may often be said, / Why he should be pitched upon rather than him. / This wasn’t the case with Old Paul and Old Tim.

      • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 13, in The Line of Beauty , 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

        The funny thing was that all the envelopes were addressed in the same hand, in green or sometimes purple capitals. It was like one crazed adorer laying siege to Leo.

      Synonym: admirer

Translations

Anagrams

• roader, roared

Catalan

Etymology

From Ador +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

adorer (feminine adorera, masculine plural adorers, feminine plural adoreres)

1. of, from or relating to Ador, Valencia, Spain

Noun

adorer m (plural adorers, feminine adorera)

1. native or inhabitant of Ador, Valencia, Spain (male or of unspecified gender)

Further reading

• “adorer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “adorer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “adorer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French adorer, borrowed from Latin adōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

adorer

1. to love, to adore
2. (religion) to worship

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: adore

Further reading

• “adorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• dorera, rodera, rôdera

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈdoː.rer/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈdo.rer/,

Verb

adōrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adōrō

Old French

Alternative forms

• adurer
• aürer

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adōrō, adōrāre. Doublet of aorer. The -d- was re-introduced from influence from Ecclesiastical Latin.

Verb

adorer

1. (chiefly Christianity) to praise (usually God)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: adorer
  • French: adorer
    • Haitian Creole: adore
  • → Dutch: adoreren
• → Middle English: adoren
  • English: adore