单词 | hag-ride |
释义 | hag-ridev. transitive. To torment, trouble (a person or thing). Also: to torment (a sleeping person or animal); to cause (a person) to have a nightmare. See hag-ridden adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] > as by an evil sprit obsess1531 hag-ride1648 nightmare1660 1648 Mercurius Aulicus 7 Aug. 1 Ægyptian plagues confound thee, nay whats worse A constant Parliament hagg-ride thy purse. 1661 R. Napeir To Author in A. Brome Songs & Other Poems sig. A6v When force hag-rid our Land and Seas. 1817 W. Scott Harold ii. xiv. 62 To..hag-ride some poor rustic's sleep. 1876 Grantham Jrnl. 26 Feb. Defendant said she was a witch, and accused her of ‘hag-riding’ him. 2010 Africa News (Nexis) 29 Oct. A deep subconscious feeling of self-inadequacy..hag-rides the colonially educated African's mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1648 |
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