Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who surmises.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who surmises.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
surmises .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
surmise + -er
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word surmiser.
Examples
-
I'm afraid I choked off the surmiser a bit with my Tolstoyite incredulity.
Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Arthur Shearly Cripps 1910
-
There is something here to be looked into -- if not by an old surmiser, yet by the young women themselves!
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.