单词 | manquelling |
释义 | † manquellingn. Obsolete. Murder; manslaughter, homicide. ΘΚΠ 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. archaic. rare. Murderous. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1395adj.1916 |
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