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单词 pamphract
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pamphractadj.n.

Brit. /ˈpamfrakt/, U.S. /ˈpæmˌfrækt/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: pan- comb. form, Greek ϕρακτός.
Etymology: < pan- comb. form + Hellenistic Greek ϕρακτός fenced, protected < the stem of ancient Greek ϕράσσειν (Attic ϕράττειν ) to fence in (see phragma n.) + -τός, suffix forming verbal adjectives.
rare.
A. adj.
Completely covered or protected, as with a coat of mail; inviolable.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > inviolable
sacred1530
irrefragable1562
inviolable1578
sanctioned1875
pamphract1890
society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour
armedc1300
wrienc1330
steel-clada1400
armed at (also of) all piecesc1400
harnessedc1460
enarmedc1540
armoured1564
steeled1596
iron-clothed1728
armour-clad1768
hoplomachic1832
well-armoured1852
brazen-mailed1870
pamphract1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Pamphract, entirely shielded or completely covered, as with a coat of mail.
1955 W. P. Turner Rudiment of Eye in Poetry (1956) Oct. 33 The pamphract rites of date-stamp, paper-clip, and file.
B. n.
Armour, protective covering.The poem from which the quot. 1934 is taken contains numerous rare, stylized, archly literary words, chiefly of Greek origin.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [noun]
here-weedsOE
weedOE
here-scrudc1275
armourc1325
armsc1325
armingc1330
armouryc1330
harnessc1330
warnementa1400
fighting-wisec1400
gome-graithc1420
graithc1420
armaturea1460
habiliment1470
furniture1569
proof1583
harnessment1610
pewter1622
equipage1633
pamphract1934
1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 24 No more than a rattle of broken bones On the invisible pamphract of God.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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