单词 | gorgonize |
释义 | Gorgonizev. transitive. a. To petrify as by the glance of a Gorgon; to render hard or stony. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > make hard or callous hardc1325 hardenc1350 engrege1382 endurec1384 indurec1450 indurate1538 obduratea1540 brawn1571 hard heart1581 sear1582 cauterize1587 myrmidonize1593 obdure1598 Gorgonize1609 stonea1616 petrifya1631 petrificate1647 roborate1652 case-harden1687 ossify1803 hard-boil1929 1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. E1v What Eies so Gorgoniz'd, that can endure, To see the All-vpholder forc'd to bow? 1631 J. Done Polydoron sig. H7 The stony Jewes, had beene Gorgonized, before his comming. b. To gaze at with the look of a Gorgon. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > horrify [verb (transitive)] > gaze at with the look of a gorgon Gorgonize1855 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xiii. ii, in Maud & Other Poems 45 Curving a contumelious lip, Gorgonised me from head to foot With a stony British stare. 1879 E. Dowden Southey i. 5 Ma'am Powell was old and grim, and with her lashless eyes gorgonized the new pupil. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1609 |
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