单词 | recoilment |
释义 | recoilmentn.ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > sending away or dismissing dimission1530 dismiss1589 recoilmenta1608 dismission1608 discharge1616 dismissmenta1626 cashiering1629 avoidance1633 sending1748 discard1787 dismissala1806 demission1811 turn-away1858 a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 46 Though I was sensible as became me, who saw no cause in myself, of this recuilment and disgrace. a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 67 When notwithstanding I had discouered..in my recuilment his Lordships coldnesse of affection to me. 2. The action or an act of recoiling, flinching, or springing back. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > starting or springing back startinga1398 recoilment1651 1651 in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 102 A man might easily perceive the recoylments of his owne naturall and exorbitant proclivities. 1684 J. Fell Life Hammond in H. Hammond Wks. I. 49 The recuilment of serous moisture into the habit of the body and insertions of the Nerves. 1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius iv. 314 Such feign'd recoilment never could exist. 1788 tr. A. Beuvius Henrietta of Gerstenfeld II. xliv. 19 Did the Captain accept of our apology?..Poor Mr. Ulrich suffered from the recoilment of his ill-humour. 1815 T. Chalmers Let. 15 Nov. in Sel. Corr. (1853) 12 You should..cherish a most delicate recoilment of mind from the intrusion of every gross and unworthy conception. 1925 G. S. Hellman Washington Irving Esquire i. 15 As a young child his recoilment from the infliction of pain was so intense that [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1608 |
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