dungeoningn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdəndʒ(ə)nɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dungeon v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < dungeon v. + -ing suffix¹.

Now rare.

The action or an act of dungeon v. (literal and figurative); confinement in or as if in a dungeon; imprisonment, incarceration.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > in a dungeon

dungeoning1606

1606 R. Allen Doctr. Gospel i. 240 Their long, tedious, and most vncomfortable imprisoning, and dungeoning of the true seruants of God.

1693 Crisp's Several Serm. I. iii. 52 All their Barbarous and Inhuman Cruelties Martyring and Dungeoning of People comes from their making Faiths themselves.

1798 R. O'Connor For People of Great Brit. vii. 73 All the floggings, picketings, half hangings, dungeoning on land and water, starving, and every other species of torture.

1820 Examiner No. 650. 620/1 The dungeonings and ironings of Reformers.

1859 Birmingham Daily Post 31 Oct. 2/1 The wholesale butcheries and dungeoning so familiar to the subjects of Bomba's promising heir.

1922 Prairie Farmer 10 June 2/4 When John Howard pled with England and Europe to treat their prisoners humanely, and abolish dungeoning, he was laughed at as a madman.

1995 W. Desmond Being & Between vi. 229 The dungeoning of self-transcendence in meaningless immanence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dungeoningadj.

Brit.

/ˈdʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdəndʒ(ə)nɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dungeon v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < dungeon v. + -ing suffix².

Now chiefly literary and poetic.

That imprisons in or as if in a dungeon; that provides or forms a means of imprisonment (literal and figurative).

ΚΠ

1818 Morning Chron. 30 June Mr. Walker..pointedly censured the Government as a dungeoning, gagging, and torturing administration.

1839 Dublin University Mag. July 77 Ah!—how he resembles the rebel that trembles To break through this dungeoning breast!

1856 Huddersfield Chron. 20 Sept. 5/2 The Italian people..will soon make manifest what they think of the dragooning and dungeoning government of Bomba.

1901 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 352 Thou, as thou art, austere, with thy turrets and dungeoning keys.

1988 R. Conquest New & Coll. Poems 197 The eye of the storm, A world's deep, seething pit of dungeoning darknesses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dungeoning
释义	dungeoningn. Brit. /ˈdʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdəndʒ(ə)nɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dungeon v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < dungeon v. + -ing suffix¹. Now rare. The action or an act of dungeon v. (literal and figurative); confinement in or as if in a dungeon; imprisonment, incarceration. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > in a dungeon dungeoning1606 1606 R. Allen Doctr. Gospel i. 240 Their long, tedious, and most vncomfortable imprisoning, and dungeoning of the true seruants of God. 1693 Crisp's Several Serm. I. iii. 52 All their Barbarous and Inhuman Cruelties Martyring and Dungeoning of People comes from their making Faiths themselves. 1798 R. O'Connor For People of Great Brit. vii. 73 All the floggings, picketings, half hangings, dungeoning on land and water, starving, and every other species of torture. 1820 Examiner No. 650. 620/1 The dungeonings and ironings of Reformers. 1859 Birmingham Daily Post 31 Oct. 2/1 The wholesale butcheries and dungeoning so familiar to the subjects of Bomba's promising heir. 1922 Prairie Farmer 10 June 2/4 When John Howard pled with England and Europe to treat their prisoners humanely, and abolish dungeoning, he was laughed at as a madman. 1995 W. Desmond Being & Between vi. 229 The dungeoning of self-transcendence in meaningless immanence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dungeoningadj. Brit. /ˈdʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdəndʒ(ə)nɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dungeon v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < dungeon v. + -ing suffix². Now chiefly literary and poetic. That imprisons in or as if in a dungeon; that provides or forms a means of imprisonment (literal and figurative). ΚΠ 1818 Morning Chron. 30 June Mr. Walker..pointedly censured the Government as a dungeoning, gagging, and torturing administration. 1839 Dublin University Mag. July 77 Ah!—how he resembles the rebel that trembles To break through this dungeoning breast! 1856 Huddersfield Chron. 20 Sept. 5/2 The Italian people..will soon make manifest what they think of the dragooning and dungeoning government of Bomba. 1901 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 352 Thou, as thou art, austere, with thy turrets and dungeoning keys. 1988 R. Conquest New & Coll. Poems 197 The eye of the storm, A world's deep, seething pit of dungeoning darknesses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606adj.1818
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