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单词 prunyeand
释义

prunyeandadj.

Forms: pre-1700 pronȝeand, pre-1700 prunȝeand.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: poignant adj.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of poignant adj. (compare the Older Scots forms at that entry), with insertion of -r- perhaps after preen v.1, prick v., etc.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Piercing, pricking, pointed.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [adjective] > piercing
bearingOE
stickinga1250
thirlingc1380
piercinga1400
lancentc1400
prunyeand1533
broaching1566
empiercing1604
pouncing1798
cleaving1819
intrenchant1833
probing1868
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. iii. xiv. 302 Ane other sentence, semand mare pronȝeand and scharp, was pronuncit in þe said courte, howbeit It was nocht of sa grete effect.
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour 3900 in Wks. (1931) I. 315 Ane creuell croun Off prunȝeand thornis scharpe and lang.
1568 D. Lindsay Answer Kingis Flyting in Wks. (1931) I. 6 I..Quhilk bene so with ȝour prunȝeand pen detractit.

Derivatives

prunyeandly adv. Obsolete
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1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 152 Pricked sa prunȝeandlie with this law.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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