gangrenousadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡaŋɡrᵻnəs/, U.S.

/ˈɡæŋɡrənəs/

Forms: 1500s– gangrenous, 1600s 1800s– gangreenous, 1600s– gangraenous.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: gangrene n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < gangrene n. + -ous suffix, probably after post-classical Latin gangraenosus (1528 or earlier). Compare Middle French gangreneux, French gangréneux (1546).

a. Characteristic or symptomatic of gangrene; of the nature of gangrene; of or relating to gangrene.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > alteration of tissue > of nature of necrosis

cankerya1398

cankerousc1425

putrid?1551

gangrenous1597

gangrened1762

necrobiotic1860

1597 P. Lowe Whole Course Chirurg. vii. v. sig. Z2^v If the malignitie and rottennes continue it is gangren and is called vlcer gangrenous.

1639 J. Woodall Treat. Gangrena in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 405 Such Pestilentiall Gangrenous spots after separate of themselves.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet ii. 291 Eruptions on the Skin, dark, livid, lead-color'd and gangrenous.

1787 Mem. Med. Soc. London 1 332 The external gums were also, but much less ulcerated, and of a more clean, and less gangrænous aspect.

1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 455 The lungs were livid, with a gangrenous inflammation on their posterior part.

1902 Alabama Med. Jrnl. 14 449 John J...consulted me in August, 1900 with a gangreenous condition of the entire ankle joint.

1950 J. J. O'Connor Dollar's Vet. Surg. (ed. 4) iii. 958 Gangrenous coronitis..may result from an open wound and infection.

2010 Sheep! Jan. 29/2 Blue Bag, or gangrenous mastitis is about the worst disease a ewe has to combat.

b. Affected with gangrene.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > alteration of tissue > of nature of necrosis > affected with

cankerfretc1325

cankereda1398

mortified?a1425

gangrened1591

gangrenated1597

gangrenate1634

gangrenous1634

sphacelate1634

sphacelated1639

gangrenized1662

sphacelous1683

gangrenescent1759

mortifying1797

sphacelating1799

necrosed1821

necrotic1826

necrotizing1873

necrotized1929

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. x. xi. 355 A virulent acride and biting Sanies, or filth, sweating into the opposite sound part, from the affected and Gangrænous.

1694 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies (new ed.) ii. 140 Then that the Gangrenous and dead parts might be the sooner seperated by Suppurating from the parts adjoyning,..we laid on our own Magisterial Balsom.

1766 F. Penrose Diss. Inflammatory, Gangrenous, & Putrid Sore Throat 11 The best methods used, in order to stop the mortification on a gangrenous Limb, are found to be warm, aromatick, Fomentations.

1799 J. C. Smyth Effect Nitrous Vapour 122 After the 26th of December, there were a great number of extremely bad cases of gangrenous feet, pneumonia, &c.

1837 A. Cooper Princ. & Pract. Surg. II. 95 A free incision should be made into the gangrenous intestine.

1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies i. 7 We call it ‘mortification’, using the same expression which we should apply to a gangrenous and incurable bodily hurt.

1913 A. Rose Napoleon's Campaign in Russia 141 Lieutenant von Soden was beaten with hellish cruelty on his sore feet and gangraenous toes.

1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 281/1 Open operation may still be the most appropriate treatment when the gallbladder is frankly gangrenous.

2011 S. C. Stuart Literary Lost v. 103 The enigmatic four-toed statue in Lost calls to mind Plath's representation of the father ‘with one gray toe’, a reference to her own father's gangrenous toe.

c. Of colour: resembling that of tissue affected by dry gangrene (i.e. dark or black); (now usually of green or yellow) reminiscent or evocative of purulent infection or decomposition.

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the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > dark

wana1000

swartOE

darkOE

under-dark1382

sad1415

swartish1483

sable?a1513

dark-coloured?1523

swarth?1527

fuskish1563

swarty1572

saturnine1581

sable-suiteda1592

sable visaged1608

gloomy1632

sable-vested1667

fuscous1671

umbratile1678

sable-hooded1770

gangrenous1794

burnt1897

bead-dark1937

the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > greenish yellow

melinea1398

gangrenous1794

greenery-yallery1881

1794 Med. Facts & Observ. 5 219 In the abdomen, the omentum was found much wasted, and of a dark gangrenous colour.

1817 Crit. Rev. Mar. 282 His complexion, naturally pale, became of a gangrenous yellow.

1863 Hall's Jrnl. Health Apr. 92 Judging from the gangrenous green which defaces the ‘risers’ in the steps which lead into our brown-stone mansions.

1930 G. S. Viereck & P. Eldridge Salome viii. 70 We reached the Dead Sea. Heavy as lead and a gangrenous black, its waves stroked wearily the salt-encrusted shore.

1980 R. G. Stern Packages 133 Her hair was a knot of greasy filth, her teeth a gangrenous yellow, her breath a reek of garbage.

2010 M. Amis Pregnant Widow v. iv. 289 A storm was on its way, and too late. Not the sky but the air itself was a gangrenous green.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Corrupted, rotten; (also) of the nature of a poisonous or evil influence; corrupting. Cf. gangrene n. 2.

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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > corrupted or corrupt > morally sick or diseased

sickc960

unwholec1000

cankereda1450

gangrened1591

diseased1608

ulcerous1611

gangrenous1628

ulcerated1634

ulcerate1654

1628 T. Taylor Practise of Repentance xxxvii. 357 Our head [sc. Christ] admitteth no rotten gangrenous, and incurable member.

1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα iv. i. 390 I hope no good man,..will be causelesly offended with the just incisions, or scarrifyings I have made; which..the gangrenous necessity of our maladies..have compelled me to.

1744 J. Miller & J. Hoadly Mahomet i. 2 I fear some Members of that rev'rend Class.., who,..canker'd with The gangrenous Defilement of a Bribe, Worship this rising Sun, and give a Sanction To his Invasions.

1763 North Briton 15 Oct. 171 Whilst such a gangrenous substance remained in the administration, it would be the highest absurdity to suppose that any act of power,..could be properly exerted for the good of the state.

1839 N.Z. Gaz. 21 Aug. 8/3 Are they in a position to counteract the gangrenous influences of the society of runaway sailors and escaped convicts.

1855 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 22 247 Lombardy is a gangrenous limb of Austria.

1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne III. xx. 279 As there is a gangrene of the body..so is the intellect often tainted by gangrenous spots.

1951 S. Plath Jrnl. Aug. (2000) 85 All that is pent up in you—festered resentments, gangrenous jealousies, superfluous desires.

2007 V. Jewiss tr. R. Saviano Gomorrah ii. 225 Don Peppino didn't want to believe the clan was an evil choice a person makes, but rather the result of clear conditions, fixed mechanisms, identifiable and gangrenous causes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gangrenous
释义	gangrenousadj. Brit. /ˈɡaŋɡrᵻnəs/, U.S. /ˈɡæŋɡrənəs/ Forms: 1500s– gangrenous, 1600s 1800s– gangreenous, 1600s– gangraenous. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: gangrene n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < gangrene n. + -ous suffix, probably after post-classical Latin gangraenosus (1528 or earlier). Compare Middle French gangreneux, French gangréneux (1546). 1. a. Characteristic or symptomatic of gangrene; of the nature of gangrene; of or relating to gangrene. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > alteration of tissue > of nature of necrosis cankerya1398 cankerousc1425 putrid?1551 gangrenous1597 gangrened1762 necrobiotic1860 1597 P. Lowe Whole Course Chirurg. vii. v. sig. Z2^v If the malignitie and rottennes continue it is gangren and is called vlcer gangrenous. 1639 J. Woodall Treat. Gangrena in Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 405 Such Pestilentiall Gangrenous spots after separate of themselves. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet ii. 291 Eruptions on the Skin, dark, livid, lead-color'd and gangrenous. 1787 Mem. Med. Soc. London 1 332 The external gums were also, but much less ulcerated, and of a more clean, and less gangrænous aspect. 1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 455 The lungs were livid, with a gangrenous inflammation on their posterior part. 1902 Alabama Med. Jrnl. 14 449 John J...consulted me in August, 1900 with a gangreenous condition of the entire ankle joint. 1950 J. J. O'Connor Dollar's Vet. Surg. (ed. 4) iii. 958 Gangrenous coronitis..may result from an open wound and infection. 2010 Sheep! Jan. 29/2 Blue Bag, or gangrenous mastitis is about the worst disease a ewe has to combat. b. Affected with gangrene. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > alteration of tissue > of nature of necrosis > affected with cankerfretc1325 cankereda1398 mortified?a1425 gangrened1591 gangrenated1597 gangrenate1634 gangrenous1634 sphacelate1634 sphacelated1639 gangrenized1662 sphacelous1683 gangrenescent1759 mortifying1797 sphacelating1799 necrosed1821 necrotic1826 necrotizing1873 necrotized1929 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. x. xi. 355 A virulent acride and biting Sanies, or filth, sweating into the opposite sound part, from the affected and Gangrænous. 1694 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies (new ed.) ii. 140 Then that the Gangrenous and dead parts might be the sooner seperated by Suppurating from the parts adjoyning,..we laid on our own Magisterial Balsom. 1766 F. Penrose Diss. Inflammatory, Gangrenous, & Putrid Sore Throat 11 The best methods used, in order to stop the mortification on a gangrenous Limb, are found to be warm, aromatick, Fomentations. 1799 J. C. Smyth Effect Nitrous Vapour 122 After the 26th of December, there were a great number of extremely bad cases of gangrenous feet, pneumonia, &c. 1837 A. Cooper Princ. & Pract. Surg. II. 95 A free incision should be made into the gangrenous intestine. 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies i. 7 We call it ‘mortification’, using the same expression which we should apply to a gangrenous and incurable bodily hurt. 1913 A. Rose Napoleon's Campaign in Russia 141 Lieutenant von Soden was beaten with hellish cruelty on his sore feet and gangraenous toes. 1993 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 80 281/1 Open operation may still be the most appropriate treatment when the gallbladder is frankly gangrenous. 2011 S. C. Stuart Literary Lost v. 103 The enigmatic four-toed statue in Lost calls to mind Plath's representation of the father ‘with one gray toe’, a reference to her own father's gangrenous toe. c. Of colour: resembling that of tissue affected by dry gangrene (i.e. dark or black); (now usually of green or yellow) reminiscent or evocative of purulent infection or decomposition. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adjective] > relating to tone > dark wana1000 swartOE darkOE under-dark1382 sad1415 swartish1483 sable?a1513 dark-coloured?1523 swarth?1527 fuskish1563 swarty1572 saturnine1581 sable-suiteda1592 sable visaged1608 gloomy1632 sable-vested1667 fuscous1671 umbratile1678 sable-hooded1770 gangrenous1794 burnt1897 bead-dark1937 the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > greenish yellow melinea1398 gangrenous1794 greenery-yallery1881 1794 Med. Facts & Observ. 5 219 In the abdomen, the omentum was found much wasted, and of a dark gangrenous colour. 1817 Crit. Rev. Mar. 282 His complexion, naturally pale, became of a gangrenous yellow. 1863 Hall's Jrnl. Health Apr. 92 Judging from the gangrenous green which defaces the ‘risers’ in the steps which lead into our brown-stone mansions. 1930 G. S. Viereck & P. Eldridge Salome viii. 70 We reached the Dead Sea. Heavy as lead and a gangrenous black, its waves stroked wearily the salt-encrusted shore. 1980 R. G. Stern Packages 133 Her hair was a knot of greasy filth, her teeth a gangrenous yellow, her breath a reek of garbage. 2010 M. Amis Pregnant Widow v. iv. 289 A storm was on its way, and too late. Not the sky but the air itself was a gangrenous green. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. Corrupted, rotten; (also) of the nature of a poisonous or evil influence; corrupting. Cf. gangrene n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > corrupted or corrupt > morally sick or diseased sickc960 unwholec1000 cankereda1450 gangrened1591 diseased1608 ulcerous1611 gangrenous1628 ulcerated1634 ulcerate1654 1628 T. Taylor Practise of Repentance xxxvii. 357 Our head [sc. Christ] admitteth no rotten gangrenous, and incurable member. 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα iv. i. 390 I hope no good man,..will be causelesly offended with the just incisions, or scarrifyings I have made; which..the gangrenous necessity of our maladies..have compelled me to. 1744 J. Miller & J. Hoadly Mahomet i. 2 I fear some Members of that rev'rend Class.., who,..canker'd with The gangrenous Defilement of a Bribe, Worship this rising Sun, and give a Sanction To his Invasions. 1763 North Briton 15 Oct. 171 Whilst such a gangrenous substance remained in the administration, it would be the highest absurdity to suppose that any act of power,..could be properly exerted for the good of the state. 1839 N.Z. Gaz. 21 Aug. 8/3 Are they in a position to counteract the gangrenous influences of the society of runaway sailors and escaped convicts. 1855 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 22 247 Lombardy is a gangrenous limb of Austria. 1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne III. xx. 279 As there is a gangrene of the body..so is the intellect often tainted by gangrenous spots. 1951 S. Plath Jrnl. Aug. (2000) 85 All that is pent up in you—festered resentments, gangrenous jealousies, superfluous desires. 2007 V. Jewiss tr. R. Saviano Gomorrah ii. 225 Don Peppino didn't want to believe the clan was an evil choice a person makes, but rather the result of clear conditions, fixed mechanisms, identifiable and gangrenous causes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1597
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