catharticadj.n.

Brit.

/kəˈθɑːtɪk/, U.S.

/kəˈθɑrdɪk/

Etymology: < Latin catharticus, < Greek καθαρτικός fit for cleansing, purgative; see catharsis n. Compare French cathartique.

A. adj.

1. Medicine. Cleansing (the bowels), promoting evacuation, purgative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > purgative

outrunningeOE

laxativea1398

purgativea1398

openinga1400

abstersive?a1425

purging?c1425

solublec1503

minorative1543

purgy1562

relaxing1562

solutive1564

benedict1576

aperitive1582

scouring1597

apertive1605

dejective1605

relaxative1611

subductory1620

calastic1621

aperient1626

cathartic1639

dejectory1640

relaxant1651

spurginga1652

cathartical1656

anastomotic1657

ecphractic1657

ecphractical1657

rhyptical1657

rhyptic1659

loosening1665

eccathartic1681

fluxing1702

chalastic1704

loosinga1722

hypactic1753

evacuatory1789

evacuant1800

relaxatory1925

1639 J. Woodall Treat. Plague in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 351 Catharticke or purging Medicines.

1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) The purgative faculty of Rhubarb, Senna, and other Cathartick Vegetables.

1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 220 An ounce of the common cathartic salts.

1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iii. 239 Honey's not sweet, commended as cathartic.

2. gen. (and figurative) Cleansing, purifying, purging.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [adjective] > purifying or refining

purgatoryc1390

cathartical1656

cathartic1678

polishing1788

1678 R. Cudworth tr. J. Philoponus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 787 As this Earthy Body is washed by Water, so is that Spirituous Body Cleansed by Cathartick Vapours.

1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 364 This philosophic death..is effected by the cathartic or purifying virtues.

1841 R. W. Emerson Heroism in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 250 We need books of this tart cathartic virtue.

B. n.

a. A medicine which has the power of purging or evacuating; a purgative. More strictly: ‘a medicine which is capable of producing the second grade of purgation, of which laxative is the first and drastic the third’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative

laxativec1386

abstersive?a1425

purgative?a1425

lax1526

purgation1527

cleanser1528

looser1528

laskc1540

purger1558

solutory1561

scouring1575

expulsive1576

purge1593

solutive1605

opener1610

physica1616

calastic1621

loosener1630

minorative1633

relaxativea1637

cathartic1651

eccoprotic1656

vacuative1656

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spurger1681

aperient1682

hypercathartic1706

chalastic1708

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drastic1783

solvent1815

purgament1828

dejector1831

laxation1897

mochlic1907

jollop1955

poop-pusher1966

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iv. 265 Aloes, which is such a gentle cathartick.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 389 It may be proper for jockeys and running footmen to keep themselves spare and light by cathartics.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 208 A mild cathartic.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > purification or refinement > that which

alembic1614

cathartic1667

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 75 Lustrations and Catharticks of the mind were sought for.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 507. ¶1 Plato has called Mathematical Demonstrations the Catharticks or Purgatives of the Soul.

1860 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 5) §35 Logic..is called the Cathartic of the Mind.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cathartic
释义	catharticadj.n. Brit. /kəˈθɑːtɪk/, U.S. /kəˈθɑrdɪk/ Etymology: < Latin catharticus, < Greek καθαρτικός fit for cleansing, purgative; see catharsis n. Compare French cathartique. A. adj. 1. Medicine. Cleansing (the bowels), promoting evacuation, purgative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > purgative outrunningeOE laxativea1398 purgativea1398 openinga1400 abstersive?a1425 purging?c1425 solublec1503 minorative1543 purgy1562 relaxing1562 solutive1564 benedict1576 aperitive1582 scouring1597 apertive1605 dejective1605 relaxative1611 subductory1620 calastic1621 aperient1626 cathartic1639 dejectory1640 relaxant1651 spurginga1652 cathartical1656 anastomotic1657 ecphractic1657 ecphractical1657 rhyptical1657 rhyptic1659 loosening1665 eccathartic1681 fluxing1702 chalastic1704 loosinga1722 hypactic1753 evacuatory1789 evacuant1800 relaxatory1925 1639 J. Woodall Treat. Plague in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 351 Catharticke or purging Medicines. 1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) The purgative faculty of Rhubarb, Senna, and other Cathartick Vegetables. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 220 An ounce of the common cathartic salts. 1868 ‘G. Eliot’ Spanish Gypsy iii. 239 Honey's not sweet, commended as cathartic. 2. gen. (and figurative) Cleansing, purifying, purging. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [adjective] > purifying or refining purgatoryc1390 cathartical1656 cathartic1678 polishing1788 1678 R. Cudworth tr. J. Philoponus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 787 As this Earthy Body is washed by Water, so is that Spirituous Body Cleansed by Cathartick Vapours. 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 364 This philosophic death..is effected by the cathartic or purifying virtues. 1841 R. W. Emerson Heroism in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 250 We need books of this tart cathartic virtue. B. n. a. A medicine which has the power of purging or evacuating; a purgative. More strictly: ‘a medicine which is capable of producing the second grade of purgation, of which laxative is the first and drastic the third’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative laxativec1386 abstersive?a1425 purgative?a1425 lax1526 purgation1527 cleanser1528 looser1528 laskc1540 purger1558 solutory1561 scouring1575 expulsive1576 purge1593 solutive1605 opener1610 physica1616 calastic1621 loosener1630 minorative1633 relaxativea1637 cathartic1651 eccoprotic1656 vacuative1656 aperitive1671 spurger1681 aperient1682 hypercathartic1706 chalastic1708 scourer1718 drastic1783 solvent1815 purgament1828 dejector1831 laxation1897 mochlic1907 jollop1955 poop-pusher1966 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iv. 265 Aloes, which is such a gentle cathartick. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 389 It may be proper for jockeys and running footmen to keep themselves spare and light by cathartics. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 208 A mild cathartic. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > purification or refinement > that which alembic1614 cathartic1667 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 75 Lustrations and Catharticks of the mind were sought for. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 507. ¶1 Plato has called Mathematical Demonstrations the Catharticks or Purgatives of the Soul. 1860 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought (ed. 5) §35 Logic..is called the Cathartic of the Mind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1639
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