defenestrationn.

Brit.

/ˌdiːfɛnᵻˈstreɪʃn/,

/diːˌfɛnᵻˈstreɪʃn/, U.S.

/diˌfɛnəˈstreɪʃən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: de- prefix, Latin fenestra , -ation suffix.

Etymology: < de- prefix + classical Latin fenestra window (see fenestra n.) + -ation suffix. Compare post-classical Latin defenestratio (1621 or earlier, although the author claims to be coining the word). Compare also Middle French, French défenestrer to throw out of a window (1564), and German Fenstersturz (1626 or earlier in this sense; lit. ‘act of throwing from a window’; also more fully Prager Fenstersturz ), the usual German name for the 1618 event. Compare later defenestrate v.

1. The action of throwing a person out of a window; (also) the fact of being thrown out of a window. Frequently with reference to the second Defenestration of Prague, an incident in which, on the 23rd of May 1618, a group of Protestant Bohemian protestors threw two Catholic imperial officials and their secretary out of a window in Prague Castle, thus helping to precipitate the Thirty Years' War.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > ejection > of a person from a window

defenestration1619

1619 Notes of Declar. 10 Sept. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1868) 2nd Ser. 14 They gave him an accompte..of the defenestration of the Counsailours.

1620 H. Wotton in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 507 A man saued at the time of the defenestration.

1743 tr. Chrons. Germany in Exact Acct. Prague Pref. p. xii The People of Prague call this Affair the Defenestration.

1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 521 I much admire the manner in which the defenestration is shown [in a picture].

1863 J. M. Neale Ess. Liturgiol. 238 Which commencing at the defenestration of Prague..terminated in the peace of Westphalia.

1912 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 20 Dec. 3/2 The last time defenestration was practiced was just before the thirty years' war.

1962 G. P. V. Akrigg Jacobean Pageant xxvii. 334 In the famous ‘Defenestration of Prague’, they hurled Matthias's deputies from the windows.

2014 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Dec. Her defenestration out of a hospital window is fantastically out of the blue.

2. Chiefly colloquial. The dismissal or removal of a person from a position of power or authority.

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1955 Economist 5 Feb. 466/1 Rumours of his defenestration..have now been confirmed... Secchia has..been eased out of his position of vice-secretary.

1983 E. Mujal-León Communism & Polit. Change in Spain v. 129 Carrillo, although vulnerable because of the electoral setback, would be able to survive any effort at defenestration.

1997 New Yorker 8 Sept. 52/2 The Mayor's..defenestration of the brilliantly successful Police Commissioner William Bratton.

2014 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. (Business section) 4/1 If gambling and losing the union.., is not sufficient cause for defenestration,..it is hard to know what would be.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	defenestration
释义	defenestrationn. Brit. /ˌdiːfɛnᵻˈstreɪʃn/, /diːˌfɛnᵻˈstreɪʃn/, U.S. /diˌfɛnəˈstreɪʃən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: de- prefix, Latin fenestra , -ation suffix. Etymology: < de- prefix + classical Latin fenestra window (see fenestra n.) + -ation suffix. Compare post-classical Latin defenestratio (1621 or earlier, although the author claims to be coining the word). Compare also Middle French, French défenestrer to throw out of a window (1564), and German Fenstersturz (1626 or earlier in this sense; lit. ‘act of throwing from a window’; also more fully Prager Fenstersturz ), the usual German name for the 1618 event. Compare later defenestrate v. 1. The action of throwing a person out of a window; (also) the fact of being thrown out of a window. Frequently with reference to the second Defenestration of Prague, an incident in which, on the 23rd of May 1618, a group of Protestant Bohemian protestors threw two Catholic imperial officials and their secretary out of a window in Prague Castle, thus helping to precipitate the Thirty Years' War. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > ejection > of a person from a window defenestration1619 1619 Notes of Declar. 10 Sept. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1868) 2nd Ser. 14 They gave him an accompte..of the defenestration of the Counsailours. 1620 H. Wotton in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 507 A man saued at the time of the defenestration. 1743 tr. Chrons. Germany in Exact Acct. Prague Pref. p. xii The People of Prague call this Affair the Defenestration. 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 521 I much admire the manner in which the defenestration is shown [in a picture]. 1863 J. M. Neale Ess. Liturgiol. 238 Which commencing at the defenestration of Prague..terminated in the peace of Westphalia. 1912 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 20 Dec. 3/2 The last time defenestration was practiced was just before the thirty years' war. 1962 G. P. V. Akrigg Jacobean Pageant xxvii. 334 In the famous ‘Defenestration of Prague’, they hurled Matthias's deputies from the windows. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Dec. Her defenestration out of a hospital window is fantastically out of the blue. 2. Chiefly colloquial. The dismissal or removal of a person from a position of power or authority. ΚΠ 1955 Economist 5 Feb. 466/1 Rumours of his defenestration..have now been confirmed... Secchia has..been eased out of his position of vice-secretary. 1983 E. Mujal-León Communism & Polit. Change in Spain v. 129 Carrillo, although vulnerable because of the electoral setback, would be able to survive any effort at defenestration. 1997 New Yorker 8 Sept. 52/2 The Mayor's..defenestration of the brilliantly successful Police Commissioner William Bratton. 2014 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. (Business section) 4/1 If gambling and losing the union.., is not sufficient cause for defenestration,..it is hard to know what would be. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1619
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