electrocutev.

Brit.

/ᵻˈlɛktrəkjuːt/, U.S.

/əˈlɛktrəˌkjut/,

/iˈlɛktrəˌkjut/

Forms: 1800s– electricute (now nonstandard), 1800s– electrocute.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: electro- comb. form, execute v.

Etymology: < electro- comb. form + -cute (in execute v.). Compare electrocution n.In form electricute perhaps after electric adj. The formation shown by this word (and also electrocution n.) was sometimes criticized on both semantic and formal grounds in the early 20th cent.: see e.g. H. W. Fowler Mod. Eng. Usage (1926) at electrocute, -cution.

Originally U.S.

1. transitive. To put to death by means of a powerful electric current; to execute in the electric chair.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > electrocute

electrocute1889

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1889 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 7 June 4/2 (heading) He wants to be ‘electrocuted’... An offer on the part of a man..to act as a victim..by testing the..new apparatus for executing by electricity.

1890 Congress. Rec. 8375/1 That the gentleman..should be ‘electrocuted’ by the Kemmler process recently adopted in the state of New York.

1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home v 32 I could be sitting this moment with the transmitter at my mouth, and the receivers strapped to both ears, and looking as if I were just going to be electrocuted.

1945 N. Mitford Pursuit of Love xiii. 101 I bet the Scotsboro' boys will be electrocuted in the end, if they don't die of old age first, that is.

2001 Times (Nexis) 28 July In Georgia I stood outside death row as the state electrocuted a man I thought was probably innocent.

2. transitive. To give an electric shock to; esp. (chiefly reflexive or in passive) to kill or injure by electric shock.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by electrocution

electrocute1890

1890 Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 24 Sept. When venture-some rodents walk within a metallic cage, containing cheese, they are transfixed by a strong electric current and ‘electrocuted’.

1899 Times 11 Apr. 1/4 Continuation of the Monster Holiday Show. Marvellous performances... See to-day, at 3 and 8, Dr. Walford Bodie electrocute a man.

1909 Yorks. Post 4 Aug. 4/5 [A boy] who was electrocuted on the Mersey Railway last Saturday.

1939 D. L. Sayers In Teeth of Evid. 9 One of them got loose last time and tried to electrocute itself on the X-ray plant.

1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 10 May I was electrocuted. I can still smell the flesh burning.

2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 July x. 23/2 I wasn't going to touch a battery—I'd have electrocuted myself.

Derivatives

eˈlectrocuted adj.

ΚΠ

1896 Science 14 Feb. 250/2 He gave the results of the examination of nervous tissue from three electrocuted subjects.

1922 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Feb. 10/3 Glands taken from an electrocuted prisoner at Sing Sing, are grafted into the body of another convict.

1991 Atlantic June 87/1 The widow of the electrocuted man didn't even have children to take her mind off her loneliness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	electrocute
释义	electrocutev. Brit. /ᵻˈlɛktrəkjuːt/, U.S. /əˈlɛktrəˌkjut/, /iˈlɛktrəˌkjut/ Forms: 1800s– electricute (now nonstandard), 1800s– electrocute. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: electro- comb. form, execute v. Etymology: < electro- comb. form + -cute (in execute v.). Compare electrocution n.In form electricute perhaps after electric adj. The formation shown by this word (and also electrocution n.) was sometimes criticized on both semantic and formal grounds in the early 20th cent.: see e.g. H. W. Fowler Mod. Eng. Usage (1926) at electrocute, -cution. Originally U.S. 1. transitive. To put to death by means of a powerful electric current; to execute in the electric chair. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (transitive)] > electrocute electrocute1889 fry1929 1889 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 7 June 4/2 (heading) He wants to be ‘electrocuted’... An offer on the part of a man..to act as a victim..by testing the..new apparatus for executing by electricity. 1890 Congress. Rec. 8375/1 That the gentleman..should be ‘electrocuted’ by the Kemmler process recently adopted in the state of New York. 1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home v 32 I could be sitting this moment with the transmitter at my mouth, and the receivers strapped to both ears, and looking as if I were just going to be electrocuted. 1945 N. Mitford Pursuit of Love xiii. 101 I bet the Scotsboro' boys will be electrocuted in the end, if they don't die of old age first, that is. 2001 Times (Nexis) 28 July In Georgia I stood outside death row as the state electrocuted a man I thought was probably innocent. 2. transitive. To give an electric shock to; esp. (chiefly reflexive or in passive) to kill or injure by electric shock. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by electrocution electrocute1890 1890 Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 24 Sept. When venture-some rodents walk within a metallic cage, containing cheese, they are transfixed by a strong electric current and ‘electrocuted’. 1899 Times 11 Apr. 1/4 Continuation of the Monster Holiday Show. Marvellous performances... See to-day, at 3 and 8, Dr. Walford Bodie electrocute a man. 1909 Yorks. Post 4 Aug. 4/5 [A boy] who was electrocuted on the Mersey Railway last Saturday. 1939 D. L. Sayers In Teeth of Evid. 9 One of them got loose last time and tried to electrocute itself on the X-ray plant. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 10 May I was electrocuted. I can still smell the flesh burning. 2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 July x. 23/2 I wasn't going to touch a battery—I'd have electrocuted myself. Derivatives eˈlectrocuted adj. ΚΠ 1896 Science 14 Feb. 250/2 He gave the results of the examination of nervous tissue from three electrocuted subjects. 1922 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 10 Feb. 10/3 Glands taken from an electrocuted prisoner at Sing Sing, are grafted into the body of another convict. 1991 Atlantic June 87/1 The widow of the electrocuted man didn't even have children to take her mind off her loneliness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1889
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