embowelledadj.
/ɛmˈbaʊɪld/ 1. = disembowelled adj. at disembowel v. Derivatives. literal and figurative.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [adjective] > disembowelled
unbowelled1592
embowelled1597
bowelled1606
exenterated1657
disbowelleda1719
drawn1723
disembowelled1744
exenterate1835
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. ii. 10 The..bore..makes his trough, In your inboweld [1623 embowel'd] bosomes. View more context for this quotation
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur i. 9 Exploded Thunder tears th' Embowel'd Sky.
1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Subj. for Painters 10 Sweeter than hist'ry of embowell'd saint.
2. figurative. That lies hid in the bowels or heart of a thing; internal, intestine.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adjective]
inwardc888
inlyeOE
inwardlyc1000
inc1430
innerly1434
interial?a1475
internal?a1475
interior1490
intrinsic1490
interna1560
intrinsical1571
embowelled1609
insidea1616
intraneous1656
intestine1664
inwith1768
ad intra1825
indoor1874
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 236 Hauing such Embowelled enemies within his Realmes.
c1750 W. Shenstone Elegies xx. 62 For them we drain the mine's embowell'd gold.
1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xxiv. 169 Like an embowelled earthquake yet unbelched.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [adjective] > constipated
fastOE
costivea1400
hardbound?a1425
embowelled1486
encumber1486
bound1530
constipate1542
constipated1547
styptic1582
costic1595
belly-bound1607
restringenta1661
unmoved1810
confined1822
screwbound1837
impacted1844
1486 Bk. St. Albans A vij If..the bowell [be] any thyng stiffid . ye shall say she is embowellid.
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