单词 | ergotism |
释义 | ergotismn.1 1. The disease (in grasses) consisting in the formation of ergot. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > disease or injury > [noun] > type of disease > fungal > associated with crop or food plants > various diseases > ergot ergot1682 spur1763 cockspur1813 ergotism1853 1853 Pharm. Jrnl. & Trans. 13 13 Mr. Blyth drew attention to the subject of the ergotism of grasses. 2. The disease produced by eating bread made from flour affected by ergot. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [noun] > by infected food beestings1607 raphania1773 food poisoning1856 botulism1858 ergotism1864 sausage-poisoning1876 Gaertner1897 grain-intoxication1897 grain-poisoning1897 tyrotoxism1900 salmonellosis1913 ichthyosarcotoxism1953 Salmonella1962 1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene 193 The most important disease connected with flour is..ergotism. 1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 263 Chronic ergotism..exists in two forms, the convulsive and gangrenous. 3. The use of ergot for poisoning animals. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > poisoning venoming1382 empoisoning?c1400 poisoninga1425 intoxicationc1450 empoisonment1569 ergotism1884 ergotization1886 1884 A. Willows in Australasian 8 Nov. 875/4 The special claims of ergotism..are its cheapness, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ergotismn.2 (a) Arguing, quibbling, wrangling. (b) Logical conclusions. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > conclusive proof or argument proving?c1225 demonstrationa1393 warranta1450 satisfaction1584 clunchfist1590 ergo1590 apodixis1646 ergotism1656 clinker1733 clincher1804 clencher1878 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > [noun] subtilitya1425 subtilty1569 niceness1580 ob1588 curiosity1605 ergotism1656 refinery1746 over-subtlety1833 ergoism1864 subtileness1867 pilpul1894 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Ergotism, arguing, quarrelling, sophistry, quiddities. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) ii. 51 States are not governed by Ergotisms. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. 269 I think these lowsy ergotismes and little sophistry..are the cause. 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. ; and in mod. Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11853n.21656 |
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