Egger-on
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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