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单词 manquelling
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manquellingn.

Forms: see man n.1 and quelling n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: man n.1, quelling n.
Etymology: < man n.1 + quelling n., after manqueller n.
Obsolete.
Murder; manslaughter, homicide.
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the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > [noun]
manslaughteOE
quellingc1325
manslayingc1384
homicidec1386
homicidyc1386
manslaughterc1390
manquelling1395
murder1488
man-killing1880
trunk murder1905
Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 30 Though a preest or a clerk be conuict bifore the king..of robberie, manquellinge, and auoutrie, yit his bisshop shal no thing condempne him therfore.
a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) 3331 (MED) No worþ þe of him oþir acord Bote mon quellyng [v.r. manqualme] wiþ sweord.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 325 Mann qwellynge, or man slawtur,..homicidium.
1551 Bible (Matthew's) Deut. xix. (note) Here are shewed ii. maners of manquelling, one done wyllingly..the other vnwyllingly.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xx. 357 Yt which is Leachecraft in one Countrie, is not manquelling in another.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

manquellingadj.

Brit. /ˌmanˈkwɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmænˈkwɛlɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: man n.1, quelling adj.
Etymology: < man n.1 + quelling adj., after manqueller n.
archaic. rare.
Murderous.
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the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > [adjective]
murderous1535
Cainish?1541
murdering1550
murderish1550
Herodian1581
slaughterous1582
death-doing1590
carnal1597
assassinating1609
man-killing?1611
assassinous1623
cut-throat?a1625
Cain-like1656
red-handed1781
assassinative1841
manquelling1916
1916 C. M. Doughty Titans iii. 65 To fight desirous; They march, with those manquelling hundred arms of theirs.
1916 C. M. Doughty Titans v. 125 Full of manquelling thought; Lo a sharp-set jowl, with leer of outlawed wolf.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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