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exasperated, ppl. a.|ɛgˈzɑːspəreɪtɪd, -æ-|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. In various senses of the vb.
1611Cotgr., Agacé..incensed, prouoked, exasperated. 1660Milton Free Commw. 424 We remain finally secure from the exasperated Regal Power. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 35 Cows milk..used as a gargarisme, helps the throat straightened by catarrhes, and the exasperated jawes. 1694Phillips tr. Milton's Lett. State 29 July 1655 Such exasperated Cruelties inflicted upon the Professors of the same Religion with our selves. a1714Burnet Own Time (1823) I. 67 That raised the spirits of those that were already but too much exasperated. 1756Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. xcv. IV. 73 She eloped one fair morning..leaving her two daughters..to the care of the exasperated marquis. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 209, I saw that they were getting exasperated with one another.
b. Her. (See quot.)
1830Robson Brit. Her., Exasperated, depicted in a furious attitude.
†2. ? Narrowed gradually to a point, tapered.
1607Topsell Serpents (1653) 674 If it were not for these bunches..it would be so exasperated or extenuated toward the end like to the tail of a Rat or great Mouse.
Hence eˈxasperatedly adv.; also † eˈxasperatedness, Obs.—0 = exasperation 3.
1872Daily News 26 Aug., The others..raged exasperatedly against him in their clubs. 1886Mrs. E. Moberly Lady Valeria II. v. 110 Lord Altcar laughed again, but exasperatedly. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Exasperatedness, incensedness, the being exasperated. 1775Ash, Exasperatedness. |