单词 | bemonster |
释义 | bemonsterv. transitive. 1. To make monstrous or hideous; to deform. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > make unattractive [verb (transitive)] > make grotesque antic1596 bemonster1608 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xvi. 62 Be-monster not thy feature. View more context for this quotation 1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iii. sig. E4 I'le rather wed a sooty blackamore..Then her that hath bemonster'd my pure soule. 2. To regard, treat as, or ‘call’ a monster. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] > call names > specific knavec1525 beknavea1529 ass1593 berascal1596 rascal1598 belout1605 behypocrite1612 bewhorea1616 beslave1630 beroguea1658 bebeast1659 bemonster1692 slave1719 bevillaina1734 be-coward1752 be-blockhead1768 bescoundrel1786 bedog1794 1692 Christ Exalted §139 Yet he writes..like a Gentleman, not be-heriticking, not be-monstring Dr. Crisp. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Birthday Ode 421 A man by men bemonstered. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2018). > as lemmasbemonster bemonster v. Brit. , U.S. , Π 1692 Christ Exalted cxxxix. 105 Not be-heriticking, not be-monstring Dr. Crisp. < as lemmas |
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