tempter
pronunciation
How to pronounce tempter in British English:
UK [ˈtemptə(r)]
How to pronounce tempter in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a person who tempts others
Word Origin
- tempter (n.)
- mid-14c., "one who solicits to sin; that which entices to evil" (originally especially the devil), from Middle French tempteur (14c.), Old French *tempteor, from Latin temptatorem, agent noun from temptare "to feel, try out" (see tempt).
Example
- 1. She was usually a sweet girl with good tempter .
- 2. The tempter or the tempted , who sins most ?
- 3. There is no such being as a supernatural tempter .
- 4. Satan is the great tempter of mankind .
- 5. Being induced by the tempter in the form of a serpent to eat the forbidden fruit , eve persuaded adam , and he also did eat .