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单词 aegrotant
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aegrotantn.adj.

Brit. /ɪˈɡrəʊt(ə)nt/, /ˈiːɡrət(ə)nt/, /ˈɛɡrət(ə)nt/, U.S. /iˈɡroʊtnt/, /ˈiɡrətnt/, /ˈɛɡrətnt/
Forms: 1800s egrotant, 1800s– aegrotant.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin aegrōtant-, aegrōtāns, aegrōtāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin aegrōtant-, aegrōtāns, present participle of aegrōtāre to be sick < aegrōtus sick, ill < aegr- , aeger sick (see aeger adj.).
A. n.
A sick person, an invalid. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun]
sickc888
lazar1340
sickmanc1340
laborant?a1425
suffererc1450
malade1483
patient1484
lazar-man1552
languisher1599
ruina1616
plaintiff1633
valetudinarist1651
valetudinaire?c1682
valetudinarian1703
invalid1709
infirm1711
invaletudinarian1762
valetudinary1785
complainant1861
aegrotant1865
degenerate1895
1865 Temple Bar Sept. 262 There is a large class of ægrotants in this country.
1876 E. Seguin Med. Thermometry & Human Temperature (ed. 2) ii. x. 357 In this order of simulation there are constantly some people making it their business to live without food..febricants, vomitants, rheumatisants, egrotants of some sort.
B. adj.
Sick; excused from some duty on account of sickness. rare.Quot. 1880 may alternatively show loose attributive use of Latin aegrotant ‘they are sick’, plural of aegrotat (see aegrotat n.).
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1880 Cambr. Rev. 4 Feb. 6/1 Obliged through severe illness to take an Ægrotant degree.
1898 C. Bell tr. J. K. Huysmans Cathedral ix. 160 The Oblates, the aegrotant members of the Benedictine army.
1917 Oxf. Mag. 2 Mar. 182/2 The good old custom of having the sermon read for an aegrotant preacher has not been practised of late.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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