单词 | pamphract |
释义 | pamphractadj.n. 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). < adj.n.1890 |
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