manslayingn.
/ˈmansleɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmænsleɪɪŋ/ Now archaic.
The action or an act of killing a human being; homicide, murder.
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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
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Hosea iv. 2 Cursidness and lesyng and mansleaynge and theft and auoutrie flowiden.
?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 238 (MED) Wrong oppressynge of pore men axiþ vengaunce of god, as doþ wrong mansleynge.
c1440 (?c1350) in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 27 Mannes-slaynge of hande es when a mane slaes anoþer with his handez.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. PPPiiiiv And so..in the other vices of mansleyng and false testimony.
1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 69 Murder, said they? What, Manslaying! when all my thoughts were upon nothing but Manmaking.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. v. vi. 46 There is no weregeld for manslaying on the head of him, who smiles so in death on his old comrades in life!
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 55 Battles and man-slayings (androctasiai).
1891 W. Morris News from Nowhere vii. 48 You couldn't hide it from folk, like you may an occasional man-slaying.
1981 Amer. Q. 33 Winter 619 The killing of animals (and tracking of criminals) was presented as a surrogate for manslaying and war.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
manslayingadj.
/ˈmansleɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmænsleɪɪŋ/ Now archaic.
That kills or is capable of killing a human being or beings; murderous. Also figurative.
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the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > [adjective]
homicidec1384
man-killingc1440
kill-man1598
manslaying1625
homicidious1632
man-slaughteringc1705
homicidal1725
homicidial1808
manslaughterous1853
1625 F. Herring Certaine Rules a .ij .b The rage of this manslaying Hydra [sc. the Plague].
1880 E. Myers Defence of Rome 110 Broad on the breast of his comrade his manslaying hands he laid.
1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. vi. 60 Was swift his high hand, on manslaying sword!
1935 ELH 2 318 It is the same man who..lays upon the breast of his dead comrade his man-slaying hands.
1990 A. S. Byatt Possession xx. 435 I'd like a manslaying scarlet lipstick which..I'll get out of my own bag.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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