单词 | murderation |
释义 | murderationn.int. 1. = murder n.1 1a. Now U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > [noun] murderingeOE murderOE banec1175 morth gamec1275 morth spellc1275 slaughterc1325 murdermenta1400 murderdom1514 massacre1589 remove1592 assassinate1596 assassinment1602 assassination1610 assassinacy1611 assassinaya1641 removal1655 murderation1715 murdrum1767 thugdom1839 aliicide1868 hatchet job1925 liquidation1925 rubout1927 murder one1966 neutralization1971 1715 H. Carey Contrivances 31 3 Mob.: Come, Neighbours, let's go in, and kill every Mother's Child of 'em. Con.: Hold, I charge you to commit no Murderation—follow me, and we'll apprehend 'em. 1778 W. Kenrick Lady of Manor iii. 49 1st Coun.: Codso! here's murderation committed, I believe. Stern.: Run, fly, pursue the murderer, all of you. 1995 Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) (Nexis) 8 Dec. 16 e Lyrically, toasters often talk of ‘murderation’, ‘Uzi’-toting and being an ‘original gangsta’. 2. U.S. regional and Caribbean. A calamitous state of affairs; a disaster. Also as int., expressing annoyance or surprise. Cf. murder n.1 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] unhealc700 unselthc888 bale-sithea1000 unselea1023 un-i-selthOE sithec1250 ruthc1275 unwhatec1275 tempestc1330 illa1340 infelicityc1384 banec1400 naufragiea1425 infortunitya1438 naufrage1480 calamity1490 inconvenience1509 wanweirda1522 inconveniency1553 wroth1581 murderation1862 1862 Harper's Mag. Feb. 410/1 ‘I never saw a ship [before], nor a drop of salt-water. Golly! golly! murderation!’ he exclaimed, as the boat moved out and revealed to him the shipping in the harbor. 1970 L. Bennett in J. Figueroa Caribbean Voices II. 85 Dear Departed Federation Referendum murderation. 1996 in R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (at cited word) When she told the woman she was dismissin her, the woman turn on her and she fire back jus as hot. Was murderation break loose in the place. 1996 in R. Allsopp Dict. Caribbean Eng. Usage (at cited word) With the Guyana dollar dropping to a hundred to one US, you can understand prices are ‘murderation’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.1715 |
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