graver

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a tool used by an engraver
  2. adjective dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
  3. adjective causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

Etymology

From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

In classic literature

Synonyms

graving tool, pointel, pointrel

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