† murcousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin murcus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin murcus mutilated, truncated (4th cent., used of a those who cut off a thumb to escape military service; 1682 in the passage translated in quot. 1684) + -ous suffix.Post-classical Latin murcus is of uncertain origin; it is perhaps cognate with marcēre to wither (see marcid adj.). It incorporates the adjective-forming suffix -cus , apparently associated with physical defects (compare caecus (see caecum n.) and peccare : see peccant adj.).

Obsolete. rare.

That lacks a thumb.

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murcous1684

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xiv. 475 When Surgeons do not handle [whitlows] as they should..they render their Patients murcous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	murcous
释义	† murcousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin murcus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin murcus mutilated, truncated (4th cent., used of a those who cut off a thumb to escape military service; 1682 in the passage translated in quot. 1684) + -ous suffix.Post-classical Latin murcus is of uncertain origin; it is perhaps cognate with marcēre to wither (see marcid adj.). It incorporates the adjective-forming suffix -cus , apparently associated with physical defects (compare caecus (see caecum n.) and peccare : see peccant adj.). Obsolete. rare. That lacks a thumb. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [adjective] > having thumb cut off murcous1684 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xiv. 475 When Surgeons do not handle [whitlows] as they should..they render their Patients murcous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1684
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