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单词 disenchanting
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disenchantingn.

Etymology: formed as disenchant v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: disenˈchanting.
Deliverance from enchantment.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > freeing or deliverance from enchantment
disenchanting1620
disenchantment1620
disincantation1652
unwitching1655
unspelling1897
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxxv. 252 He may..do all that is fitting for her Disenchanting.
1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1892) II. xxxv. 268 May you and your disenchanting go to the devil.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

disenchantingadj.

Etymology: formed as disenchant v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: disenˈchanting.
That disenchants.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > disillusioning
disenchanting1755
disillusioning1855
disillusionizing1864
disillusive1878
disillusionary1879
1755 E. Young Centaur vi. 221 At the touch of my disenchanting pen.
1866 N. Bellairs Wayside Flowers vi. 69 History comes with its disenchanting wand.

Derivatives

disenˈchantingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adverb] > in a disillusioning manner
disenchantingly1886
1886 R. Dowling Fatal Bonds I. xi. 219 He was disenchantingly opaque.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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