Meaning of discerptor | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who pulls something apart; a person who divides or separates.

formal, rare

Examples

“post⟳ 1750, Emanuel Swedenborg, unknown translator, Arcana Cœlestia (Latin), volume 2, published 1750. The discerptors said they are so delighted to punish⟳ that they are not willing to desist, even should it go on to eternity.”

“Moreover, if the type⟳ be worked out historically, "lectularius" is equally invalid; the first discerptor was Fabricius, who, in a perfectly straightforward manner, removed our species from Cimex to form⟳ a part of his new genus Acanthia”

“If, at some remote future period, the discerptors of Milton should exhaust⟳ the resources of post-Wolfian Homeric theorizing, they may still find⟳ a fresh ruse or two in the tactical manuals of the Baconian assailants […]”

CEFR level