单词 | mutilating |
释义 | mutilatingn. The action of mutilate v.; mutilation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [noun] > action of dismemberingc1386 mutilating1562 laming1583 dismembration1597 mutilation1611 dismemberment1815 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > damaging or injuring > by cutting or removing something truncation1579 mutilation1638 mutilating1677 1562 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 218 The Tolbuith..in the quhilk he wes wardit, for the cruell onsetting upoun James Lord Ogilvy and mutilating of him of his rycht arme. a1650 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) IV. 617 Lamenting the away taking and mutilating of the said bookes. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xvii. 124 The misrepresentation and abuse of it, as may be seen..in his clipping and mutilating of it. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 140 A planter, according to the Mutilating method,..then proceeds to lighten and lop the top. 1905 W. Tuckwell Reminisc. Radical Parson xiii. 189 The mutilating process became intolerable at last, and I gently dropped out of the journal. 1995 Abilities (Toronto) Spring 43/2 To many people, body-piercing (of the ears, nose or tongue) is mutilating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mutilatingadj. That mutilates a person or thing; causing mutilation or disfigurement. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > post-printing processes > [adjective] > render imperfect by cutting or destroying part mutilatinga1777 a1777 F. Fawkes tr. Apollonius Rhodius Argonautics (1780) iv. 259 A sickle..With which rash Saturn's mutilating hand His father castrated. 1826 E. Irving Babylon I. ii. 125 No other book..hath been permitted to escape the violent or mutilating hands of their inquisitory acts. 1977 S. Sontag Illness as Metaphor ii. 18 The heroine of Erich Segal's Love Story dies of leukemia—the..form of the disease, for which no mutilating surgery can be proposed. 1997 ‘S. Shem’ Mount Misery ix. 252 My last day at Toshiba..was hell: a run of horrific admissions, the sequelae of violent, mutilating acts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562adj.a1777 |
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