crueltyn.

/ˈkruːɪlti/

Forms: Middle English–1500s cruelte, (Middle English cruelete, creweltie), Middle English–1500s crualte, (Middle English crueltee, 1500s cruaulte), Middle English–1600s crueltie, 1500s– cruelty.

Etymology: < Old French crualté (later cruauté ), according to Hatzfeld < popular Latin type *crūdālitāt-em , for crūdēlitāt-em (see crudelity n.), whence the other Romanic forms Provençal cruzeltat, Spanish crueldad, Italian crudeltà, -ità.

1. The quality of being cruel; disposition to inflict suffering; delight in or indifference to the pain or misery of others; mercilessness, hard-heartedness: esp. as exhibited in action. Also, with plural, an instance of this, a cruel deed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [noun]

crueltyc1230

unfeelingness1398

cruelnessa1400

callum?1440

cruelc1440

crudelity1483

hard-heartedness1577

callosity1614

callousness1653

stony-heartedness1673

callus1683

heartlessness1701

cold-heartedness1850

unsympathy1856

cold-bloodedness1878

inhumanism1907

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun]

rethenesseOE

crueltyc1230

cruelnessa1400

savagenessa1400

cruelc1440

crudelity1483

savagec1487

savagerya1616

reluctationa1625

fellness1678

heartlessness1891

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 138 Þus he liteð cruelte wið heow of rihtwisnesse.

c1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 78 Of his crueltes he gynnes for to assuage.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 324 Deedis of cruelte and of vnpitee.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vii. sig. Qi The vice called crueltie, whiche is contrary to mercye.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 110 'Tis a cruelty, To load a falling man.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 80 All, whom the cruelty of war suffered to escape.

1773 Observ. State Poor 43 The cruelty of a Nero, or a Domitian.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iii. 111 Boasting..of his fights, his cruelties.

1871 R. W. Dale Ten Commandm. iii. 83 It would be brutal cruelty to make a jest of the weakness and sufferings of the patients in an hospital.

†2. Severity of pain; excessive suffering. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > anguish or torment

piningOE

anguishc1225

pinsing?c1225

tormentc1290

afflictiona1382

martyrdomc1384

tormentryc1386

labourc1390

martyryc1390

throea1393

martyre?a1400

cruelty14..

rack?a1425

hacheec1430

prong1440

agonya1450

ragea1450

pang1482

sowing1487

cruciation1496

afflict?1529

torture?c1550

pincha1566

anguishment1592

discruciament1593

excruciation1618

fellness1642

afflictedness1646

pungency1649

perialgia1848

perialgy1857

racking1896

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [noun] > severity of pain

vehemency?1541

cruelty1634

14.. Circunsision in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 87 With full grete cruelte For us he suffurd circunsysyon Upon the cros.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 168 A tedious sicknesse..continued with such cruelty, that neuer any man was brought lower.

†3. Severity, strictness, rigour. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness

rethenesseOE

grimness971

hardnessOE

sternhead1297

sharpnessa1325

reddoura1375

fiercetya1382

sternness1382

fiercenessc1384

sturdinessc1384

fellnessc1410

austeritya1425

raddourc1440

austerenessa1450

severity1530

cruelness1537

cruelty1556

severeness1579

tender mercies1611

piquancya1677

Draconianism1819

astringency1823

Draconism1832

hard-handedness1849

starkness1884

1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. L2 It sholde be beter to faille a litell in the iustice, than to be superflue in crualte.

1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 13 The want of crueltie upon delinquents causes much more oppression of the Innocent.

†4. Strength or harshness (of smell); ill savour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > quality or condition

stenchc1175

stinka1325

stinkingness1382

crueltyc1420

contagya1513

dain1574

unsweetness1596

contagion1662

pungency1663

poignancy1677

sulphureousness1690

fetidness1704

poignance1782

pungence1810

fetidity1829

piquance1867

malodorousness1886

smelliness1892

niffiness1942

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 81 Of crueltee noo thing wol in hem [Garlic, etc] smelle.

Compounds

C1. attributive, as cruelty-lust.

ΚΠ

1925 D. H. Lawrence Refl. Death Porcupine 59 His cruelty-lust is directed almost as much against himself as against his victim.

C2.

cruelty man n. (also with capital initials) colloquial an N.S.P.C.C. or R.S.P.C.A. officer.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > other specific associations or organizations > members of

steward1614

Tityre1648

hougher1712

sea-sergeant1744

Molly Maguire1867

Molly1877

buff1879

woodward1886

Downsman1924

lions1949

cruelty man1954

Muslim Brother1957

1954 D. V. Donnison Neglected Child iv. 82 Workers..had been shut out of houses by people who suspected they had ‘put the cruelty man on to them’.

1958 Sunday Express 27 Apr. 6/6 The Cruelty Man has been asking questions about Janie.

1970 P. Dickinson Seals iii. 68 Mr. Fasting..had larruped Jamie... Mother had wanted to send for the Cruelty Man.

Draft additions 1997

cruelty-free adj. involving minimal cruelty to animals; spec. (of consumer goods) produced without involving any cruelty to animals in the development or manufacturing process.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [adjective] > other types of article production

sale1455

countrymade1791

ready-made1799

cruelty-free1986

1986 Campaigner Jan. 7/1 An animal rights march with a difference took place in November. Each participant was asked to bring along a cruelty-free product.

1988 Vegetarian Mar.–Apr. 42/3 Mary Bonner showed over 50 people how enjoyable a cruelty-free Christmas can be with her celebration roast, mushroom stuffing and red wine sauce, vegan Christmas Cake and mince pies.

1990 Green Mag. Apr. 72/3 A relatively harmless alternative to the plastic biro might be a quill pen—though it could hardly be described as cruelty-free.

1992 Looks July 33/2 The natural girl is a barefaced beauty and she's determined to stick to her principles—it's only the cruelty-free beauty products for her.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cruelty
释义	crueltyn. /ˈkruːɪlti/ Forms: Middle English–1500s cruelte, (Middle English cruelete, creweltie), Middle English–1500s crualte, (Middle English crueltee, 1500s cruaulte), Middle English–1600s crueltie, 1500s– cruelty. Etymology: < Old French crualté (later cruauté ), according to Hatzfeld < popular Latin type crūdālitāt-em , for crūdēlitāt-em* (see crudelity n.), whence the other Romanic forms Provençal cruzeltat, Spanish crueldad, Italian crudeltà, -ità. 1. The quality of being cruel; disposition to inflict suffering; delight in or indifference to the pain or misery of others; mercilessness, hard-heartedness: esp. as exhibited in action. Also, with plural, an instance of this, a cruel deed. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [noun] crueltyc1230 unfeelingness1398 cruelnessa1400 callum?1440 cruelc1440 crudelity1483 hard-heartedness1577 callosity1614 callousness1653 stony-heartedness1673 callus1683 heartlessness1701 cold-heartedness1850 unsympathy1856 cold-bloodedness1878 inhumanism1907 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] rethenesseOE crueltyc1230 cruelnessa1400 savagenessa1400 cruelc1440 crudelity1483 savagec1487 savagerya1616 reluctationa1625 fellness1678 heartlessness1891 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 138 Þus he liteð cruelte wið heow of rihtwisnesse. c1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 78 Of his crueltes he gynnes for to assuage. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 324 Deedis of cruelte and of vnpitee. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vii. sig. Qi The vice called crueltie, whiche is contrary to mercye. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 110 'Tis a cruelty, To load a falling man. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 80 All, whom the cruelty of war suffered to escape. 1773 Observ. State Poor 43 The cruelty of a Nero, or a Domitian. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iii. 111 Boasting..of his fights, his cruelties. 1871 R. W. Dale Ten Commandm. iii. 83 It would be brutal cruelty to make a jest of the weakness and sufferings of the patients in an hospital. †2. Severity of pain; excessive suffering. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [noun] > anguish or torment piningOE anguishc1225 pinsing?c1225 tormentc1290 afflictiona1382 martyrdomc1384 tormentryc1386 labourc1390 martyryc1390 throea1393 martyre?a1400 cruelty14.. rack?a1425 hacheec1430 prong1440 agonya1450 ragea1450 pang1482 sowing1487 cruciation1496 afflict?1529 torture?c1550 pincha1566 anguishment1592 discruciament1593 excruciation1618 fellness1642 afflictedness1646 pungency1649 perialgia1848 perialgy1857 racking1896 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [noun] > severity of pain vehemency?1541 cruelty1634 14.. Circunsision in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 87 With full grete cruelte For us he suffurd circunsysyon Upon the cros. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 168 A tedious sicknesse..continued with such cruelty, that neuer any man was brought lower. †3. Severity, strictness, rigour. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness rethenesseOE grimness971 hardnessOE sternhead1297 sharpnessa1325 reddoura1375 fiercetya1382 sternness1382 fiercenessc1384 sturdinessc1384 fellnessc1410 austeritya1425 raddourc1440 austerenessa1450 severity1530 cruelness1537 cruelty1556 severeness1579 tender mercies1611 piquancya1677 Draconianism1819 astringency1823 Draconism1832 hard-handedness1849 starkness1884 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. L2 It sholde be beter to faille a litell in the iustice, than to be superflue in crualte. 1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 13 The want of crueltie upon delinquents causes much more oppression of the Innocent. †4. Strength or harshness (of smell); ill savour. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > quality or condition stenchc1175 stinka1325 stinkingness1382 crueltyc1420 contagya1513 dain1574 unsweetness1596 contagion1662 pungency1663 poignancy1677 sulphureousness1690 fetidness1704 poignance1782 pungence1810 fetidity1829 piquance1867 malodorousness1886 smelliness1892 niffiness1942 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 81 Of crueltee noo thing wol in hem [Garlic, etc] smelle. Compounds C1. attributive, as cruelty-lust. ΚΠ 1925 D. H. Lawrence Refl. Death Porcupine 59 His cruelty-lust is directed almost as much against himself as against his victim. C2. cruelty man n. (also with capital initials) colloquial an N.S.P.C.C. or R.S.P.C.A. officer. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > other specific associations or organizations > members of steward1614 Tityre1648 hougher1712 sea-sergeant1744 Molly Maguire1867 Molly1877 buff1879 woodward1886 Downsman1924 lions1949 cruelty man1954 Muslim Brother1957 1954 D. V. Donnison Neglected Child iv. 82 Workers..had been shut out of houses by people who suspected they had ‘put the cruelty man on to them’. 1958 Sunday Express 27 Apr. 6/6 The Cruelty Man has been asking questions about Janie. 1970 P. Dickinson Seals iii. 68 Mr. Fasting..had larruped Jamie... Mother had wanted to send for the Cruelty Man. Draft additions 1997 cruelty-free adj. involving minimal cruelty to animals; spec. (of consumer goods) produced without involving any cruelty to animals in the development or manufacturing process. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [adjective] > other types of article production sale1455 countrymade1791 ready-made1799 cruelty-free1986 1986 Campaigner Jan. 7/1 An animal rights march with a difference took place in November. Each participant was asked to bring along a cruelty-free product. 1988 Vegetarian Mar.–Apr. 42/3 Mary Bonner showed over 50 people how enjoyable a cruelty-free Christmas can be with her celebration roast, mushroom stuffing and red wine sauce, vegan Christmas Cake and mince pies. 1990 Green Mag. Apr. 72/3 A relatively harmless alternative to the plastic biro might be a quill pen—though it could hardly be described as cruelty-free. 1992 Looks July 33/2 The natural girl is a barefaced beauty and she's determined to stick to her principles—it's only the cruelty-free beauty products for her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1230
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