angustationn.

Brit.

/aŋɡəˈsteɪʃn/, U.S.

/æŋɡəˈsteɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin angustation-, angustatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin angustation-, angustatio narrowness, restrictedness (6th cent.) < classical Latin angustāt- , past participial stem of angustāre to narrow (see angustate v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier angustiation n., and also earlier angustate v.

Now rare.

The condition of being narrowed, constricted, limited, or confined; the action of narrowing, constricting, or compressing something; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [noun] > narrowing

straiting1421

straitening1598

angustiation1638

angustation1663

narrowing1769

strangulation1882

necking1921

neckdown1984

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus i. 39 Being so far from enfranchising the soul, that it servilize it, and reduces it to an angustation of perplexity.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xiv. 65 The obstruction of the Vein somewhere in its passage by some angustation upon it by part of the Tumour.

1731 T. Apperley Observ. in Physick 177 When [ribs]..are contracted too far beyond their natural Position, it causes an Angustation of the Breast.

1778 C. Erskine tr. H. D. Gaubius Inst. Medicinal Pathol. 317 Things apt to induce a morbid sterility, are, a morbid angustation, and organic vitiations of the pudenda, vulva, vagina, and uterus.

1817 C. Cuthbertson Rosabella III. iv. 72 We can concrete into nothing more compact in the science of angustation.

1904 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 273 As death and inevitable estrangement did their mortal work, he more and more found in these old books support against the failing and angustation of his life.

1949 Rheumatism 5 21/1 Illustrations of veins in rheumatic children which show an enormous proliferation of the endothelium, and angustation (narrowing) of the vein canal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	angustation
释义	angustationn. Brit. /aŋɡəˈsteɪʃn/, U.S. /æŋɡəˈsteɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin angustation-, angustatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin angustation-, angustatio narrowness, restrictedness (6th cent.) < classical Latin angustāt- , past participial stem of angustāre to narrow (see angustate v.) + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare earlier angustiation n., and also earlier angustate v. Now rare. The condition of being narrowed, constricted, limited, or confined; the action of narrowing, constricting, or compressing something; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [noun] > narrowing straiting1421 straitening1598 angustiation1638 angustation1663 narrowing1769 strangulation1882 necking1921 neckdown1984 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus i. 39 Being so far from enfranchising the soul, that it servilize it, and reduces it to an angustation of perplexity. 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xiv. 65 The obstruction of the Vein somewhere in its passage by some angustation upon it by part of the Tumour. 1731 T. Apperley Observ. in Physick 177 When [ribs]..are contracted too far beyond their natural Position, it causes an Angustation of the Breast. 1778 C. Erskine tr. H. D. Gaubius Inst. Medicinal Pathol. 317 Things apt to induce a morbid sterility, are, a morbid angustation, and organic vitiations of the pudenda, vulva, vagina, and uterus. 1817 C. Cuthbertson Rosabella III. iv. 72 We can concrete into nothing more compact in the science of angustation. 1904 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 273 As death and inevitable estrangement did their mortal work, he more and more found in these old books support against the failing and angustation of his life. 1949 Rheumatism 5 21/1 Illustrations of veins in rheumatic children which show an enormous proliferation of the endothelium, and angustation (narrowing) of the vein canal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1663
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