Hoarderとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈhɔɹdɚ/, /ˈhoɹdɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɔːdə/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: hoard‧er

名詞

hoarder (plural hoarders)

1. One who hoards; one who accumulates, collects, and stores, especially one who does so to excess.
   • 1917 March 17, “Bill to Demonetize Gold”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     A bill to demonetize existing French gold coinage has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies by Deputies Lenoir, Bouffandeau, and Eymond. The purpose is to force hoarders to bring out gold estimated at 4,000,000,000 francs which is still kept in hiding in spite of patriotic appeals to the owners to exchange it for notes.

   • 2017, Olivia Laing, The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone, New York: Picador, →ISBN, page 6:

     Like many lonely people, he was an inveterate hoarder, making and surrounding himself with objects, barriers against the demands of human intimacy.

同意語

• pack rat

反意語

• declutterer

派生語

関連する語

• hoardy

アナグラム

• hard roe