Egger-on

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Agent noun of egg on: one who eggs on, one who encourages or provokes another. agent, form-of

    "[…] let there be an honest likyng, and let flattery the egger on of vice be sette a loufe […]"

Example

More examples

"[…] let there be an honest likyng, and let flattery the egger on of vice be sette a loufe […]"

Etymology

From egg on + -er.

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