mayhemn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪhɛm/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪˌ(h)ɛm/

Forms: late Middle English mayheme, late Middle English mayhemmys (plural), late Middle English–1600s mayme, 1500s mahym, 1500s maiheme, 1500s mayeheme, 1500s mayom, 1500s–1600s maime, 1500s–1700s mayhim, 1600s mahem, 1600s mahin, 1600s–1700s maim, 1600s–1800s mahim, 1600s–1800s maihem, 1600s– mayhem.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: maim n.¹

Etymology: Originally a variant of maim n.¹, subsequently distinguished in form; compare Law French maihem , mayhem as specialized use of the corresponding Anglo-Norman word (see maim n.¹).

1. Criminal Law. The infliction of physical injury on a person, so as to impair or destroy that person's capacity for self-defence; an instance of this. Also figurative. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [noun]

maimc1390

mayhem1447

mancation1727

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > unlawful violence

mayhem1447

forcea1481

mutilation1517

actual bodily harm1837

grievous bodily harm1861

ABH1975

1447 Rolls of Parl. V. 137/2 Where apon growith ofte times..Roberies, Murthers, mayehemes, and manslauter.

1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 54/2 For the punycion of the said murdre and maymes.

1503 Rolls of Parl. VI. 550/1 The same Sir William, suyde Appele of Mayme ayenst the said Sir Edward.

1523 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 33 Morders, fellonyes, mayoms.

?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A5 Robbery, trespas, maiheme, dette, or eny other offence.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. D3 Appeale of mahem (appellum mahemy) is an accusing of one that hath maymed another.

1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 22 Mayhem is properly said where any member of a man is taken away.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 198 The cutting off of an eare or nose, or breaking of the hinder teeth, or such like, is no Maihem.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 130 Those members which may be useful to him in fight, and the loss of which only amounts to mayhem by the common law.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. v. 139 All imaginable crimes,—rape, robbery, burglary, mayhem, incendiarism.

1853 T. I. Wharton Digest Cases Pennsylv. (ed. 6) 486 An indictment for maihem which does not contain the words ‘lying in wait’ is bad.

1867 Harper's Mag. Oct. 677/1 A friend asked him what he would do were a case of mayhem brought before him for trial.

1868 S. Lanier Jacquerie ii. 44 Thou felon, War, I do arraign thee now Of mayhem of the four main limbs of France.

1894 Critic (N.Y.) 30 June 444/1 The literary mayhem becomes as inexplicable as it is unpardonable.

2. Originally U.S. Violent behaviour, esp. physical assault.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun]

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venuea1330

scoura1400

wassailc1400

frayc1430

brunta1450

sault1510

onseta1522

attemptate1524

onsetting1541

breach1578

dint1579

objectiona1586

invasion1591

extent1594

grassation1610

attack1655

run1751

wrack1863

mayhem1870

serve1967

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun]

outragec1300

outrakea1400

storming1461

outrageousty1485

outraying1487

ruffianry1583

ruffianism1589

thuggery1838

thuggism1859

mayhem1870

hooliganism1898

rough stuff1913

yobbism1969

yobbery1973

1870 ‘M. Twain’ in Territorial Enterprise 20 Jan. 1/1 This same man..pantingly threatened me with permanent disfiguring mayhem, if ever again I should introduce his name into print.

1930 Times 11 Jan. 9/5 Murderous gang feuds and ‘racketeering’, a form of business brigandage which makes free use of mayhem and murder, are increasing to an alarming extent in New York and its vicinity.

1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 25 Sept. 5/1 In the United States..‘Smena’ tells its readers, ‘It [sc. baseball] is a beastly battle, a bloody fight with mayhem and murder.’

1992 M. Medved Hollywood vs. Amer. v. xv. 247 Many titles..contained more than sixty moments of mayhem per hour—or one each minute.

3. Rowdy confusion, chaos, disorder. Frequently in to cause (also make) mayhem. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun]

riot1400

tumult1412

misgovernail?a1439

rout1439

revel1462

tumultuationc1475

stir1487

rangat?a1513

rangale1513

turmoil1526

ruffle1532

confusion1555

disorder1558

roaring1617

mayhem1976

1976 Daily Mirror 15 Mar. 24/4 (caption) Without wishin' to cast nasturtiums on your worm—I feel he's not goin' to make much mayhem today.

1982 ‘L. Cody’ Bad Company xv. 107 Bernie avoided the scented mayhem of the ground floor at Peter Jones.

1989 Daily Express 9 Jan. 1/1 It was mayhem on the motorway, which was blocked off to allow emergency services to reach the scene.

1999 Daily Mail 22 Apr. 74/3 Va'aiga Tuigamala caused sufficient mayhem for Gary Armstrong to score the opening try.

Compounds

Mayhem Parva n. [ < mayhem n. + classical Latin parva, feminine singular of parvus little (see parvi- comb. form), after English village names with this as second element (e.g. Ash Parva, Shropshire, Ashby Parva, Leicestershire, etc.)] (esp. in critical writing) the genre of mystery stories set in a rural English village; (the generic name for) a typical English village as the setting for a violent crime; frequently attributive, as Mayhem Parva school, etc.

ΚΠ

1971 C. Watson Snobbery with Violence To characterize the fiction of the Mayhem Parva school as ‘two dimensional’ is not to question its adequacy as entertainment.

1979 Economist 29 Dec. 61 The persistent availability of inter-war whodunits suggests that while the world of Mayhem Parva may be a puzzle, it has now taken on a period charm.

1990 J. Symons in T. Heald Classic Eng. Myst. (title) Holocaust at Mayhem Parva.

2000 Oxf. Compan. Crime & Myst. Writing 282/1 The denizens of Mayhem Parva generally hold ordered and conservative world views, and share a pervasive sense of law, justice, and morality... Mysteries that belong to the Mayhem Parva subgenre..represent the beginning of the cozy or malice domestic mystery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mayhemv.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪhɛm/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪˌhɛm/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mayhem n.

Etymology: < mayhem n. Compare earlier maim v.(For the earliest example of the verb listed in N.E.D. (1906) s.v. Mayhem sb. see quot. 1534 at maim v. 1).

Now archaic and rare.

transitive. To inflict mayhem or physical injury on (a person); to maim. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)]

wemc900

slaya1000

alithOE

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emblemishc1384

magglec1425

magc1450

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limb1674

truncate1727

dislimb1855

1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere iv. p. xcv Hole goodly monasteries they burned vp and destroyed,..robbed mayhemed, and murthered many good vertuouse people.

1743 in Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1874) VIII. 579 For that he..did feloniously mayhem the body of one Thomas Allyn.

1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand (1883) xxxix. 251 To buy, to sell, to task, to whip, to mayhem this race at will.

1964 A. Wevill Let. 22 Jan. in Y. Koren & E. Negev Lover of Unreason (2006) 138 I'm convinced you have mayhemed my life. You've left me..with nothing to salvage.

2000 L. W. Christensen Fighter's Fact Bk. 283 Many victims of crime..got ripped off, stomped and mayhemed because they were walking around with their head in the clouds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mayhem
释义	mayhemn. Brit. /ˈmeɪhɛm/, U.S. /ˈmeɪˌ(h)ɛm/ Forms: late Middle English mayheme, late Middle English mayhemmys (plural), late Middle English–1600s mayme, 1500s mahym, 1500s maiheme, 1500s mayeheme, 1500s mayom, 1500s–1600s maime, 1500s–1700s mayhim, 1600s mahem, 1600s mahin, 1600s–1700s maim, 1600s–1800s mahim, 1600s–1800s maihem, 1600s– mayhem. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: maim n.¹ Etymology: Originally a variant of maim n.¹, subsequently distinguished in form; compare Law French maihem , mayhem as specialized use of the corresponding Anglo-Norman word (see maim n.¹). 1. Criminal Law. The infliction of physical injury on a person, so as to impair or destroy that person's capacity for self-defence; an instance of this. Also figurative. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [noun] maimc1390 mayhem1447 mancation1727 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > unlawful violence mayhem1447 forcea1481 mutilation1517 actual bodily harm1837 grievous bodily harm1861 ABH1975 1447 Rolls of Parl. V. 137/2 Where apon growith ofte times..Roberies, Murthers, mayehemes, and manslauter. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 54/2 For the punycion of the said murdre and maymes. 1503 Rolls of Parl. VI. 550/1 The same Sir William, suyde Appele of Mayme ayenst the said Sir Edward. 1523 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 33 Morders, fellonyes, mayoms. ?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A5 Robbery, trespas, maiheme, dette, or eny other offence. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. D3 Appeale of mahem (appellum mahemy) is an accusing of one that hath maymed another. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 22 Mayhem is properly said where any member of a man is taken away. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 198 The cutting off of an eare or nose, or breaking of the hinder teeth, or such like, is no Maihem. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 130 Those members which may be useful to him in fight, and the loss of which only amounts to mayhem by the common law. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. v. 139 All imaginable crimes,—rape, robbery, burglary, mayhem, incendiarism. 1853 T. I. Wharton Digest Cases Pennsylv. (ed. 6) 486 An indictment for maihem which does not contain the words ‘lying in wait’ is bad. 1867 Harper's Mag. Oct. 677/1 A friend asked him what he would do were a case of mayhem brought before him for trial. 1868 S. Lanier Jacquerie ii. 44 Thou felon, War, I do arraign thee now Of mayhem of the four main limbs of France. 1894 Critic (N.Y.) 30 June 444/1 The literary mayhem becomes as inexplicable as it is unpardonable. 2. Originally U.S. Violent behaviour, esp. physical assault. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] assault1297 venuea1330 scoura1400 wassailc1400 frayc1430 brunta1450 sault1510 onseta1522 attemptate1524 onsetting1541 breach1578 dint1579 objectiona1586 invasion1591 extent1594 grassation1610 attack1655 run1751 wrack1863 mayhem1870 serve1967 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] outragec1300 outrakea1400 storming1461 outrageousty1485 outraying1487 ruffianry1583 ruffianism1589 thuggery1838 thuggism1859 mayhem1870 hooliganism1898 rough stuff1913 yobbism1969 yobbery1973 1870 ‘M. Twain’ in Territorial Enterprise 20 Jan. 1/1 This same man..pantingly threatened me with permanent disfiguring mayhem, if ever again I should introduce his name into print. 1930 Times 11 Jan. 9/5 Murderous gang feuds and ‘racketeering’, a form of business brigandage which makes free use of mayhem and murder, are increasing to an alarming extent in New York and its vicinity. 1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 25 Sept. 5/1 In the United States..‘Smena’ tells its readers, ‘It [sc. baseball] is a beastly battle, a bloody fight with mayhem and murder.’ 1992 M. Medved Hollywood vs. Amer. v. xv. 247 Many titles..contained more than sixty moments of mayhem per hour—or one each minute. 3. Rowdy confusion, chaos, disorder. Frequently in to cause (also make) mayhem. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] riot1400 tumult1412 misgovernail?a1439 rout1439 revel1462 tumultuationc1475 stir1487 rangat?a1513 rangale1513 turmoil1526 ruffle1532 confusion1555 disorder1558 roaring1617 mayhem1976 1976 Daily Mirror 15 Mar. 24/4 (caption) Without wishin' to cast nasturtiums on your worm—I feel he's not goin' to make much mayhem today. 1982 ‘L. Cody’ Bad Company xv. 107 Bernie avoided the scented mayhem of the ground floor at Peter Jones. 1989 Daily Express 9 Jan. 1/1 It was mayhem on the motorway, which was blocked off to allow emergency services to reach the scene. 1999 Daily Mail 22 Apr. 74/3 Va'aiga Tuigamala caused sufficient mayhem for Gary Armstrong to score the opening try. Compounds Mayhem Parva n. [ < mayhem n. + classical Latin parva, feminine singular of parvus little (see parvi- comb. form), after English village names with this as second element (e.g. Ash Parva, Shropshire, Ashby Parva, Leicestershire, etc.)] (esp. in critical writing) the genre of mystery stories set in a rural English village; (the generic name for) a typical English village as the setting for a violent crime; frequently attributive, as Mayhem Parva school, etc. ΚΠ 1971 C. Watson Snobbery with Violence To characterize the fiction of the Mayhem Parva school as ‘two dimensional’ is not to question its adequacy as entertainment. 1979 Economist 29 Dec. 61 The persistent availability of inter-war whodunits suggests that while the world of Mayhem Parva may be a puzzle, it has now taken on a period charm. 1990 J. Symons in T. Heald Classic Eng. Myst. (title) Holocaust at Mayhem Parva. 2000 Oxf. Compan. Crime & Myst. Writing 282/1 The denizens of Mayhem Parva generally hold ordered and conservative world views, and share a pervasive sense of law, justice, and morality... Mysteries that belong to the Mayhem Parva subgenre..represent the beginning of the cozy or malice domestic mystery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mayhemv. Brit. /ˈmeɪhɛm/, U.S. /ˈmeɪˌhɛm/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mayhem n. Etymology: < mayhem n. Compare earlier maim v.(For the earliest example of the verb listed in N.E.D. (1906) s.v. Mayhem sb. see quot. 1534 at maim v. 1). Now archaic and rare. transitive. To inflict mayhem or physical injury on (a person); to maim. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)] wemc900 slaya1000 alithOE hamblea1050 belimbc1225 dismember1297 lamec1300 maimc1325 shearc1330 unablec1380 emblemishc1384 magglec1425 magc1450 demember1491 disablea1492 manglea1500 menyie?a1513 mayhem1533 mutilatec1570 martyr1592 stump1596 bemaim1605 cripplea1616 martyrize1615 deartuate1623 hamstring1641 becripple1660 limb1674 truncate1727 dislimb1855 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere iv. p. xcv Hole goodly monasteries they burned vp and destroyed,..robbed mayhemed, and murthered many good vertuouse people. 1743 in Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1874) VIII. 579 For that he..did feloniously mayhem the body of one Thomas Allyn. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand (1883) xxxix. 251 To buy, to sell, to task, to whip, to mayhem this race at will. 1964 A. Wevill Let. 22 Jan. in Y. Koren & E. Negev Lover of Unreason (2006) 138 I'm convinced you have mayhemed my life. You've left me..with nothing to salvage. 2000 L. W. Christensen Fighter's Fact Bk. 283 Many victims of crime..got ripped off, stomped and mayhemed because they were walking around with their head in the clouds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1447v.1533
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