deathlikeadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθˌlaɪk/

Forms: see death n. and -like suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: death n., -like suffix.

Etymology: < death n. + -like suffix. Compare earlier deathly adj.

1. Deadly, fatal, mortal; = deathly adj. 2. Now literary and somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > cause of death > [adjective]

deadlyc893

deathlyOE

deathfula1250

mortalc1390

capitalc1426

exitialc1475

fey1488

mortuala1500

perishinga1500

fatal?1518

ferial1528

mortiferousa1538

deadc1540

exitious?1545

deathlike1548

mortifying1555

starvingc1600

lethal1604

speedingc1604

vital1612

irrecoverable1614

feral1621

lethiferous1651

mortific1651

mortifical1657

daggering1694

exitiose1727

fateful1764

kill-devil1831

unsurvivable1839

lethiferal1848

tachythanatous1860

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John f. 77^v The sickenes was not deathlyke.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles i. 72 Death like Dragons heere affright thee hard.

1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 418 Most cruell, and the death-lik'st kind of ill.

1797 in Coll. State Papers War against France (1798) VI. 141 The deathlike war which the just resistance of the despairing republican would produce.

1856 H. E. Tindal Heirs of Blackridge Manor III. i. 20 The cause of that destructive, deathlike stroke.

1917 Young Hunting in O. D. Campbell & C. B. Sharp Eng. Folk Songs from Southern Appalachians 47 She gave him a deathlike blow And pierced him through the heart.

1941 M. Mellish Sometimes I Reminisce viii. 134 General management treats these cases [of opera singers] with slower but deathlike potions.

2003 S. S. Kohli tr. B. M. Singh Sri Dasam Granth Sahib I. 212/2 In order to kill the demons, Kali hath taken the deathlike sword in her hand.

2. Resembling, evoking, or associated with death; = deathly adj. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [adjective] > having appearance of death

deathful1483

deathlike1567

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent

coyc1330

stone-still1338

quietc1384

softa1393

peacec1400

swownc1400

tongueless1447

clumc1485

mutec1500

whist1513

silent1542

dead1548

husht1557

whisted1557

whust1558

whisht1570

huisht1576

quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584

fordead1593

noiseless1608

whisha1612

dumba1616

soundlessa1616

st1655

silentish1737

defta1763

sleeping1785

untoned1807

mousy1812

soughless1851

deathlike1856

whisperless1863

deathly1865

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. C.iiij^v Wilte thou not breake thy deathlyke sleepe?

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 21 A deepe and death-like Letharge.

1658 E. Waller & S. Godolphin tr. Virgil Passion of Dido for Æneas sig. E3 A deathlike quiet, and deep silence fell.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 69 And silent, in the tangles soft involv'd Of death-like sleep.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iv. 435 A death-like paleness.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cxiv. 176 And her transparent cheek, all pure and warm, Pillow'd his death-like forehead.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) i. 14 The deathlike silence of a region where the fall of waters..is unknown.

1876 J. J. Woodward Typho-malarial Fever 14 They became so pale and death-like in their complexions that their friends were hardly able to recognize them.

1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes iii. 43 No sound broke the deathlike stillness of the jungle mid-day save the piteous wailing of the tiny man-child.

1940 R. Wright Native Son ii. 127 The deathlike times that brought him the tightness and hotness in his chest.

2002 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 25/2 Badger..is a sooty, D H Lawrentian figure with whitish-streaked make-up that gives him a sinister, deathlike pallor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	deathlike
释义	deathlikeadj. Brit. /ˈdɛθlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈdɛθˌlaɪk/ Forms: see death n. and -like suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: death n., -like suffix. Etymology: < death n. + -like suffix. Compare earlier deathly adj. 1. Deadly, fatal, mortal; = deathly adj. 2. Now literary and somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [adjective] deadlyc893 deathlyOE deathfula1250 mortalc1390 capitalc1426 exitialc1475 fey1488 mortuala1500 perishinga1500 fatal?1518 ferial1528 mortiferousa1538 deadc1540 exitious?1545 deathlike1548 mortifying1555 starvingc1600 lethal1604 speedingc1604 vital1612 irrecoverable1614 feral1621 lethiferous1651 mortific1651 mortifical1657 daggering1694 exitiose1727 fateful1764 kill-devil1831 unsurvivable1839 lethiferal1848 tachythanatous1860 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John f. 77^v The sickenes was not deathlyke. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles i. 72 Death like Dragons heere affright thee hard. View more context for this quotation 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 418 Most cruell, and the death-lik'st kind of ill. 1797 in Coll. State Papers War against France (1798) VI. 141 The deathlike war which the just resistance of the despairing republican would produce. 1856 H. E. Tindal Heirs of Blackridge Manor III. i. 20 The cause of that destructive, deathlike stroke. 1917 Young Hunting in O. D. Campbell & C. B. Sharp Eng. Folk Songs from Southern Appalachians 47 She gave him a deathlike blow And pierced him through the heart. 1941 M. Mellish Sometimes I Reminisce viii. 134 General management treats these cases [of opera singers] with slower but deathlike potions. 2003 S. S. Kohli tr. B. M. Singh Sri Dasam Granth Sahib I. 212/2 In order to kill the demons, Kali hath taken the deathlike sword in her hand. 2. Resembling, evoking, or associated with death; = deathly adj. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [adjective] > having appearance of death deathful1483 deathlike1567 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adjective] > silent coyc1330 stone-still1338 quietc1384 softa1393 peacec1400 swownc1400 tongueless1447 clumc1485 mutec1500 whist1513 silent1542 dead1548 husht1557 whisted1557 whust1558 whust1558 whisht1570 huisht1576 quiet (also mum, mute, still, etc.) as a mouse (in a cheese)1584 fordead1593 noiseless1608 whisha1612 dumba1616 soundlessa1616 st1655 silentish1737 defta1763 sleeping1785 untoned1807 mousy1812 soughless1851 deathlike1856 whisperless1863 deathly1865 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. C.iiij^v Wilte thou not breake thy deathlyke sleepe? 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 21 A deepe and death-like Letharge. 1658 E. Waller & S. Godolphin tr. Virgil Passion of Dido for Æneas sig. E3 A deathlike quiet, and deep silence fell. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 69 And silent, in the tangles soft involv'd Of death-like sleep. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iv. 435 A death-like paleness. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cxiv. 176 And her transparent cheek, all pure and warm, Pillow'd his death-like forehead. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) i. 14 The deathlike silence of a region where the fall of waters..is unknown. 1876 J. J. Woodward Typho-malarial Fever 14 They became so pale and death-like in their complexions that their friends were hardly able to recognize them. 1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes iii. 43 No sound broke the deathlike stillness of the jungle mid-day save the piteous wailing of the tiny man-child. 1940 R. Wright Native Son ii. 127 The deathlike times that brought him the tightness and hotness in his chest. 2002 Daily Tel. 12 Dec. 25/2 Badger..is a sooty, D H Lawrentian figure with whitish-streaked make-up that gives him a sinister, deathlike pallor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1548
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