单词 | absconsion |
释义 | absconsionn.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] hiding?c1225 heelinga1250 hidea1300 hillinga1300 coverturec1374 tapinage1390 concealing1421 hodymokec1450 occultation1453 concelising1492 blindnessa1616 concealmenta1616 shrouding1615 back-hood1621 absconsion1649 screening1651 obvelation1664 muffling1788 tucking1810 smokescreening1922 1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. i. 88 Being fashioned round like a Hood,..it [sc. the cucullaris muscle] seems to have a signature of absconsion, which it seems to offer the Head, which seemes then ashamed to shew it selfe. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Absconsion, a hiding or concealing. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Absconsion, hiding.] 2. Flight, disappearance, or escape, esp. from custody; an instance of this. Cf. abscondment n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly > secretly or absconding absconding1676 elopementa1763 flight1769 levanting1788 sneak1819 absconsion1827 skip1942 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. III. v. vii. 146 Where the completion of the confession..has been rendered impracticable for a period..not known to be perpetual, such as [in the case of] absconsion or expatriation. 1885 A. de Morgan Newton 74 A private [wedding] ceremony and witnesses ready for absconsion. 1938 D. Thomas Let. Oct. (1987) 332 We will have to abscond from here one day next week, leaving a furnished..house behind, a lovely town, some friends. At least, if not absconsion, a holiday from debts. 1967 Listener 12 Jan. 68/3 He acquires, after various absconsions with provision money and brickwalling by natives..a flat-bottomed, tin rowboat. 1994 Guardian 6 Apr. (Society section) 13/5 These escapes, or ‘absconsions’,..were the start of the recent controversy surrounding Broadmoor. 2003 H. Woodbury What Ever v. i. 169 I had to..tell her poxy hippie parents of her absconsion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1649 |
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