devastationn.

/dɛvəˈsteɪʃən/

Etymology: probably < French dévastation, noun of action < dévaster, and Latin dēvastāre, used in 1502, but not in Cotgrave 1611; Florio, 1599 and 1611, has Italian devastatione, ‘a wasting, spoiling, desolation, or destruction’.

a. The action of devastating, or condition of being devastated; laying waste; wide-spread destruction; ravages.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation

harryingc900

harrowingc1000

wastinga1300

destructionc1330

harryc1330

wastenessa1382

wastitya1382

desolation1382

unroningnessa1400

wrackc1407

exile1436

havoc1480

hership1487

vastation1545

vastitude1545

sackc1550

population1552

waste1560

ravishment1570

riotingc1580

pull-down1588

desolating1591

degast1592

devastation1603

ravage1611

wracking1611

ravagement1766

herriment1787

carnage1848

wastage1909

enhavocking-

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1190 The ruine and devastiation [sic] of so many..great cities.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. ix. 213 The great Devastations made by the Plague..in Forein Parts.

1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 395 E'en now the devastation is begun And half the business of destruction done.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. ii. 28 Over the beautiful plains of this country the devastations of war were frequently visible.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 72 Devastation is incomparably an easier work than production.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 188 The terrible devastation wrought by the great tidal wave which followed the earthquake at Lima.

b. Law. (See quot. 1848.)

ΚΠ

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Devastaverunt The orderly payment of Debts and Legacies by Executors, so as to escape a Devastation, or charging their own Goods.

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 179/2 Devastavit, a devastation or waste of the property of a deceased person by an executor or administrator being extravagant or misapplying the assets.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	devastation
释义	devastationn. /dɛvəˈsteɪʃən/ Etymology: probably < French dévastation, noun of action < dévaster, and Latin dēvastāre, used in 1502, but not in Cotgrave 1611; Florio, 1599 and 1611, has Italian devastatione, ‘a wasting, spoiling, desolation, or destruction’. a. The action of devastating, or condition of being devastated; laying waste; wide-spread destruction; ravages. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation harryingc900 harrowingc1000 wastinga1300 destructionc1330 harryc1330 wastenessa1382 wastitya1382 desolation1382 unroningnessa1400 wrackc1407 exile1436 havoc1480 hership1487 vastation1545 vastitude1545 sackc1550 population1552 waste1560 ravishment1570 riotingc1580 pull-down1588 desolating1591 degast1592 devastation1603 ravage1611 wracking1611 ravagement1766 herriment1787 carnage1848 wastage1909 enhavocking- 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1190 The ruine and devastiation [sic] of so many..great cities. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. ix. 213 The great Devastations made by the Plague..in Forein Parts. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 395 E'en now the devastation is begun And half the business of destruction done. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. ii. 28 Over the beautiful plains of this country the devastations of war were frequently visible. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 72 Devastation is incomparably an easier work than production. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 188 The terrible devastation wrought by the great tidal wave which followed the earthquake at Lima. b. Law. (See quot. 1848.) ΚΠ 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Devastaverunt The orderly payment of Debts and Legacies by Executors, so as to escape a Devastation, or charging their own Goods. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 179/2 Devastavit, a devastation or waste of the property of a deceased person by an executor or administrator being extravagant or misapplying the assets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1603
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