perturber

English

Etymology

perturb + -er

Noun

perturber (plural perturbers)

  1. One who or that which perturbs.
    • 1836, George Payne Rainsford James, Lives of the Most Eminent Foreign Statesmen
      The queen forgot the dignity of her station and the softness of her sex, and, in language more fit for the markets than the court, called him rogue, and traitor, and perturber of the public peace; []
  2. (physics) A source of perturbation.
    This moon is a significant perturber.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perturbāre, present active infinitive of perturbō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁ.tyʁ.be/
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Verb

perturber

  1. (transitive) to disrupt, to disturb
  2. (transitive) to throw off, to fluster

Conjugation

Further reading


Latin

Verb

perturber

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of perturbō
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