mortifiedadj.
/ˈmɔːtᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈmɔrdəˌfaɪd/ I. Senses relating to the body.† 2. † 3. Dead, slain. Obsolete.† 5. Of meat: tenderized by hanging, keeping, etc. Obsolete.
1. † b. With to (rarely of). Insensible or impervious to (the world or its pleasures). Hence (occasionally) in broader sense: insensible to, unaware of. Obsolete.† c. humorous. Abstemious. Obsolete. rare.
a. Of persons, or their actions, occupations, intentions, etc.: dead to sin or worldly desires; having the appetites and passions in subjection; prompted by a spirit of religious self-mortification; ascetic, unworldly. Now rare.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > [adjective] > mortified
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?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 386 (MED) Sche haþ founde a place of religioun wiþ þe liȝt of feiþ, as al deed & mortified to þe world.
1526 Pylgrimage of Perfection (de Worde) f. 143 How euery mortifyed soule..sholde resorte to ye arke of clere conscyence & there counseyle with god.
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 488/2 Ho, thou art of the companie of hypocrites, thou art mortified.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 28 Dumaine is mortefied . View more context for this quotation
1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III i. 4 Such a mortified and perilous Pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
1651 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 166 He became a mortified and pious minister in Shropshire.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 19 They content themselues to go bare foot, and teach onely the lower schools and first rudiments..: A strange mortifyed trade.
1704 R. Nelson Compan. Festivals & Fasts ii. Prelim. Instr. 340 St. James the Great and St. John were very eminent for a mortified Life.
1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. iv. 17/1 A long Beard, Eyes sunk, and an old mortified Face.
1812 J. Galt Clytemnestra ii. iv, in Tragedies 244 Infirm and fleeting that contrition is, Which shame of mortified denial breeds.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. iii. 132 An abstemious and mortified life.
1895 E. C. Lefroy Echoes from Theocritus lvi. 88 No fond regret shall tempt my feet to stray From the strict path of mortified desires.
1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v Nay, his very soul had waxed old in that service..a mortified will no more responsive to the thrill of its obedience than was to the thrill of love or combat his ageing body.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > asceticism > [adjective] > mortified
mortified1660
?a1425 [see sense 1a].
1600 R. Chambers Palestina sig. K2 She was a yong maiden, but of graue demeanor, able to haue prouoked the best mortified to loue, but she reproued euen in her face all maner of lust.
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling ix. 164 I fear there are few so mortified to Wealth, as to do it upon the score of Self-denial.
1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 156 He is mortified to all sense of Ingenuous Principles.
1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 90 An hardy and labouring Clergy, that is mortified to a Horse, and all such pampering vanities.
1676 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 123 Reputation (to the vanity of any affectation whereof I desire to be wholly mortified).
1739 S. Harrison House-keeper's Pocket-bk. (ed. 2) Pref. sig. A3 There are but few Philosophers..who are so..mortified to the World, as to prefer a Dish of Roots.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. i. 4 You are mortified to all the pomps and vanities of the world.
1821 J. Galt Annals 138 I could not have thought he was so mortified to humility within, had I not heard with what sincerity he delivered himself.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [adjective] > simple life > abstemious
spare1563
spareful1565
spary1601
abstemious1603
mortified1665
1665 S. Pepys Diary 16 Oct. (1972) VI. 267 I observing Mr. Povy's being mightily mortifyed in his eating.
a. Affected by gangrene or necrosis. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > alteration of tissue > of nature of necrosis > affected with
cankerfretc1325
cankereda1398
mortified?a1425
gangrened1591
gangrenated1597
gangrenate1634
gangrenous1634
sphacelate1634
sphacelated1639
gangrenized1662
sphacelous1683
gangrenescent1759
mortifying1797
sphacelating1799
necrosed1821
necrotic1826
necrotizing1873
necrotized1929
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 119v Gouernance in kuttyng away a mortified membre..þat þe sikeman escape from deþe of alle þe body.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 33 b It is necessarye that the vivificent parte expelle from it the mortified.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 23 A mortified Limb or Member.
1695 W. W. Novum Lumen Chirurgicum Extinctum 52 His Arm was but little swell'd and not at all mortified.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 207 He cut off a great deal of mortified Flesh.
1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 534 I found the fingers and thumb exhibiting a mortified appearance.
1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 656 The mortified parts..are cast off.
1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 137 A little slough or core of mortified cutaneous tissue, a portion of the substance of the derma.
b. Of plants: decayed, decomposed. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decayed
rottena1382
marcid?a1425
bada1450
decayed1528
carious1530
mouldy1576
perished1587
decrepit1594
moskered1612
marcidious1656
mortified1673
ampery1736
daddocky1790
1673 N. Grew Idea Phytol. Hist. iii. 107 Divers of the succiferous Vessels..lying next the Soil, usually more or less mortified.
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the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective]
deadOE
lifelessOE
of lifeOE
storvena1225
dead as a door-nail1362
ydead1387
stark deadc1390
colda1400
bypast1425
perishedc1440
morta1450
obita1450
unquickc1449
gone?a1475
dead and gone1482
extinct1483
departed1503
bygonea1522
amort1546
soulless1553
breathless1562
parted1562
mortified1592
low-laid1598
disanimate1601
carcasseda1603
defunct1603
no morea1616
with God1617
death-stricken1618
death-strucken1622
expired1631
past itc1635
incinerated1657
stock-dead1662
dead as a herring1664
death-struck1688
as dead as a nit1789
(as) dead as mutton1792
low1808
laid in the locker1815
strae-dead1820
disanimated1833
ghosted1834
under the daisies1842
irresuscitable1843
under the sod1847
toes up1851
dead and buried1863
devitalized1866
translated1869
dead and done (for, with)1886
daid1890
bung1893
(as) dead as the (or a) dodo1904
six feet under1942
brown bread1969
1592 R. Greene Philomela sig. E2 He stood as mortified as if hee had beene strocken with the eye of a Baselisk.
1593 R. Harvey Philadelphus 17 If any man will raise them from the graue, who will beleeue their mortified Ghosts?
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 270 Hauing ended his speech, he shewed vnto them the grisely mortified heads.
1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker ii. sig. D2 My young Mistrisse, that is mortified.
4. Deadened; numbed; insensible. Now rare.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > rendered physically insensible
astonieda1375
benumba1400
numba1400
aclumsida1425
benumbed1547
numbed1553
astonished1576
astoned1578
brawned1582
soporiferous1599
cauterized1603
mortified1608
stupefied?1611
obtundeda1644
bedeaded1656
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 181 Bedlam beggers, who with roring voyces, Strike in their numb'd and mortified bare armes, Pins, wodden prickes, nayles. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 323 Thou like an Exorcist, hast coniur'd vp My mortified Spirit. View more context for this quotation
1984 S. Heaney Sweeney Astray 69 Look at Sweeney now, alas! His body mortified and numb, unconsoled, sleepless, in the rough blast of the storm.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > [adjective] > hung
mortified1617
well-hung1741
hung1746
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 134 The French alone delight in mortified meates.
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry v. 18 Palates, accustom'd to the Goût of..mortify'd Venison.
II. Extended uses.† 6. Scots Law. Of property or money: disposed of for religious or other charitable purposes by mortification (see mortification n. 4). Obsolete.
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1500 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 347 The mortefyit landis of Robertoun.
1639 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1871) I. 152 The wreittis and bands of the tounes mortifiet moneyes.
1655 Z. Boyd in Munimenta Alme Univ. Glasguensis (1854) III. 492 The aforsaid mortified sowmes.
1813 N. Carlisle Topogr. Dict. Scotl. II. sig. D4 £400..arising from two mortified sums.
1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. I. 577 There is also..L.5, 11s. 2d. of mortified money.
7. Deeply humiliated or embarrassed; annoyed, vexed, chagrined.
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the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adjective]
dejectc1528
broken1535
abased1554
come1564
downfallen1575
snubbed1583
crestfallen1589
humiliate1593
plume-plucked1597
low-broughta1599
chop-fallen1604
chap-fallen1608
dejected1608
humbleda1616
unprided1628
diminished1667
mortified1710
small1771
humiliated1782
squelched1837
grovelleda1845
sat-upon1873
comedown1886
deflated1894
zapped1962
1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. A7 I have been told, Sir W. T. was sufficiently mortify'd at the Term.
1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 16 Mar. (1965) I. 390 As I prefer English to all the rest, I am extremely mortify'd at the daily decay of it in my head.
a1731 D. Defoe New Voy. round World (1787) III. 210 They came home to the rest mortified, wet, and almost famished.
1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. iii. 54 They were mortified at finding the house shut.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. iii. 26 The mortified pride of affection.
1885 S. Cox Expos. xxv. 343 Base greed and mortified ambition moved him to betray his master.
1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxiv. 326 Deep down in his heart was mortified pride.
1943 D. Welch Maiden Voy. xxxi. 262 I suddenly felt mortified because he had not taken any notice of me.
1987 C. Tomalin Katherine Mansfield x. 127 The rooms were infested with bugs, and they were..too mortified to tell anyone about their problem.
Derivatives
ˈmortifiedly adv.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > asceticism > [adverb] > mortifiedly
mortifiedly1593
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > [adverb]
mortifiedly1593
the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adverb]
abasedly1830
mortifiedly1846
crestfallenly1880
chapfallenly1883
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 62v If..a young Student sets not a graue face on it, or seemes not mortifiedly religious.
1846 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. II. 298 Whereunto Sir Thomas replied mortifiedly.
ˈmortifiedness n.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > asceticism > [noun] > mortifying the flesh, etc. > condition of being mortified
mortifiedness1641
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > [noun] > state of
mortifiedness1641
1641 T. Goodwin Tryall Christians Growth i. 120 So much mortifiednesse, so much constancy.
1832 T. Scott Comm. 2 Kings i. 8 In this manner he showed his mortifiedness to the world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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