bittenadj.

/ˈbɪt(ə)n/

Etymology: past participle of bite v.

1. Cut into, pierced, or wounded with the teeth.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > stung or bitten

stunga1325

stangeda1400

worried1559

stinged1565

bitten1623

gad-stricken1658

snake-bit1807

1623 Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 59 Youths that..fight for bitten Apples.

1789 J. O'Donnel in Med. Communications 2 299 His face on the bitten side was..swelled.

2. fig. Infected, seized with a mania.

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > affected with mania

maniac1597

maniacal1657

bitten1847

1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. vii. 89 Readers not bitten with the love of verse.

1873 J. Morley Rousseau II. 186 Readers of the Social Contract, and..bitten by its dogmatic temper.

3. Often combined with instrumental ns., as hunger-bitten, hunger-bit, vice-bitten, etc. See also frostbitten adj.

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1599 H. C. in Greenham's Wks. To Rdr., The thirstie soule..Or hunger-bit.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ vi. 78 The leaves..before they are much frost-bitten.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxvii. 164 A man vice-bitten.

†4. actively. Having bitten, biting. (Used with qualifying adverb: cf. fair-spoken.) Obs. rare.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > biting > [adjective]

bitinga1400

bitten1616

1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) vii. xxii. 674 They [sc. Greyhounds] are of all dogs the sorest bitten and least amased with any crueltie in their enemie.

5. In engraving, bitten-in: see bite v. 11b.

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1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. 183 The plate has to be..again heated to slightly melt the bitumen, so as to allow it to flow down the sides of the bitten-in lines.

6. bitten-off: abruptly terminated (as if by the action of biting).

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1829 T. Castle Introd. Systematical & Physiol. Bot. 20 The eroded or bitten-off appearance.

1937 V. Woolf Years 288 Baxter gave a queer little bitten-off smile.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2016).

单词	bitten
释义	bittenadj. /ˈbɪt(ə)n/ Etymology: past participle of bite v. 1. Cut into, pierced, or wounded with the teeth. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adjective] > wounded > stung or bitten stunga1325 stangeda1400 worried1559 stinged1565 bitten1623 gad-stricken1658 snake-bit1807 1623 Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 59 Youths that..fight for bitten Apples. View more context for this quotation 1789 J. O'Donnel in Med. Communications 2 299 His face on the bitten side was..swelled. 2. fig. Infected, seized with a mania. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > affected with mania maniac1597 maniacal1657 bitten1847 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. vii. 89 Readers not bitten with the love of verse. 1873 J. Morley Rousseau II. 186 Readers of the Social Contract, and..bitten by its dogmatic temper. 3. Often combined with instrumental ns., as hunger-bitten, hunger-bit, vice-bitten, etc. See also frostbitten adj. ΚΠ 1599 H. C. in Greenham's Wks. To Rdr., The thirstie soule..Or hunger-bit. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ vi. 78 The leaves..before they are much frost-bitten. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxvii. 164 A man vice-bitten. †4. actively. Having bitten, biting. (Used with qualifying adverb: cf. fair-spoken.) Obs. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > biting > [adjective] bitinga1400 bitten1616 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) vii. xxii. 674 They [sc. Greyhounds] are of all dogs the sorest bitten and least amased with any crueltie in their enemie. 5. In engraving, bitten-in: see bite v. 11b. ΚΠ 1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. 183 The plate has to be..again heated to slightly melt the bitumen, so as to allow it to flow down the sides of the bitten-in lines. 6. bitten-off: abruptly terminated (as if by the action of biting). ΚΠ 1829 T. Castle Introd. Systematical & Physiol. Bot. 20 The eroded or bitten-off appearance. 1937 V. Woolf Years 288 Baxter gave a queer little bitten-off smile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2016). < adj.1599
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