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单词 gorgonize
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Gorgonizev.

Brit. /ˈɡɔːɡənʌɪz/, /ˈɡɔːɡn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈɡɔrɡəˌnaɪz/
Etymology: < Gorgon n. + -ize suffix.
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.
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