suffocationn.

/sʌfəˈkeɪʃən/

Forms: Also 1500s -cion.

Etymology: < Latin suffōcātio-, -ōnem, noun of action < suffōcāre to suffocate v. Compare French suffocation.

a. The act of suffocating or condition of being suffocated.

ΚΠ

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xxi. 72 He..that violently commeth to his death, whether it be by knife, poyson, cord, drowning, burning, suffocation, or otherwise.

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. v. 109 It was maruell I Escaped suffication.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 190 They..that..surcharge their bodies with ouer-much meat..incurre suddaine and perilous suffocations.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews vi. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 172 Some..demoniacal disorders..brought upon him such suffocations, as were ready to choke him.

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose v, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 87 Departing quietly by suffocation, like your ancestors before you.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. p. xxiv The large ball room..was crammed to suffocation.

1875 A. S. Taylor Poisons (ed. 3) 107 A lady who had been rendered unconscious by chloroform died from suffocation, as a result of the food finding its way into the air passages.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from suffocation or choking

strangulation1542

stifling1548

suffocation1567

throttling1599

throttle1622

asphyxia1778

asphyxy1784

smotheration1826

asphyxiation1866

asphyxiating1872

melanaema1892

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming

quench?c1225

stanchingc1400

suppressingc1400

suppression1528

suffocation1567

crushing1580

suffocating1621

pulverization1643

overwhelming1645

depression1656

stifling1805

burking1827

spiflication1839

restinction1891

stamping1897

submergence1898

snuffing1922

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > overburdening or being overburdened

overchargingc1460

suffocation1567

overburdening1580

overpressure1644

overpress1846

overtaxation1881

overweightedness1895

1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. i. sig. Ei To dye afore my tyme by suffocacion of pynnynge dollour.

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iii. 150 The suffocation of heat.

1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 130 Blackness is brought on, by an Extinction or Suffocation of those same mixed Rays.

1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) ii. i. 195 Suffocation [in plants]. Sometimes it happens that the pores of the epidermis are closed up, and transpiration consequently obstructed.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 209 Is it not..the very murkiness, and atmospheric suffocation, that brings the lightning?

†c. [medical Latin suffocatio hysterica or uterina.] In full suffocation of the womb, matrix, mother (see mother n.¹ 8b), suffocation of the bairn's bed (see bairn-bed n. at bairn n. Compounds): hysteria. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > hysteria

mother?c1450

rising of the motherc1450

suffocation of the womb, matrix, motherc1550

strangulation of the matrix or womb1601

hysterica passio1603

hysterical passion1623

hysteric passion1655

rising of the matrix1660

hystericism1710

globus hystericus1741

globe1751

hysteria1757

globus1833

pseudorabies1892

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > psychoneurosis > hysteria

mother?c1450

suffocation of the womb, matrix, motherc1550

strangulation of the matrix or womb1601

hysterica passio1603

suffocation (also rising, fit) of the mother1615

hysteric passion1655

tarantism1656

mother-fit1657

rising of the matrix1660

hysteria1757

tarantulism1774

pithiatism1910

mothersickness1993

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 53 Muguart that is gude for the suffocatione of ane vomans bayrnis hed.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 19 The same is good against the Suffocation of the Matrix (that is the stopping and hardnesse of the Mother).

1603 E. Jorden (title) A Briefe Discovrse of a Disease called the Suffocation of the Mother.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 652 The fat of a sheep..cureth the suffocation of the womb.

1719 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum (1722) Suffocation, Choaking. This is used in Hysterick Cases, wherein the Uterus is imagined to be..as it were suffocated with ill Humours.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	suffocation
释义	suffocationn. /sʌfəˈkeɪʃən/ Forms: Also 1500s -cion. Etymology: < Latin suffōcātio-, -ōnem, noun of action < suffōcāre to suffocate v. Compare French suffocation. a. The act of suffocating or condition of being suffocated. ΚΠ 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xxi. 72 He..that violently commeth to his death, whether it be by knife, poyson, cord, drowning, burning, suffocation, or otherwise. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. v. 109 It was maruell I Escaped suffication. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 190 They..that..surcharge their bodies with ouer-much meat..incurre suddaine and perilous suffocations. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews vi. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 172 Some..demoniacal disorders..brought upon him such suffocations, as were ready to choke him. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose v, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 87 Departing quietly by suffocation, like your ancestors before you. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. p. xxiv The large ball room..was crammed to suffocation. 1875 A. S. Taylor Poisons (ed. 3) 107 A lady who had been rendered unconscious by chloroform died from suffocation, as a result of the food finding its way into the air passages. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from suffocation or choking strangulation1542 stifling1548 suffocation1567 throttling1599 throttle1622 asphyxia1778 asphyxy1784 smotheration1826 asphyxiation1866 asphyxiating1872 melanaema1892 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming quench?c1225 stanchingc1400 suppressingc1400 suppression1528 suffocation1567 crushing1580 suffocating1621 pulverization1643 overwhelming1645 depression1656 stifling1805 burking1827 spiflication1839 restinction1891 stamping1897 submergence1898 snuffing1922 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > burdensomeness > overburdening or being overburdened overchargingc1460 suffocation1567 overburdening1580 overpressure1644 overpress1846 overtaxation1881 overweightedness1895 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. i. sig. Ei To dye afore my tyme by suffocacion of pynnynge dollour. 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iii. 150 The suffocation of heat. 1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 130 Blackness is brought on, by an Extinction or Suffocation of those same mixed Rays. 1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) ii. i. 195 Suffocation [in plants]. Sometimes it happens that the pores of the epidermis are closed up, and transpiration consequently obstructed. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 209 Is it not..the very murkiness, and atmospheric suffocation, that brings the lightning? †c. [medical Latin suffocatio hysterica or uterina.] In full suffocation of the womb, matrix, mother (see mother n.¹ 8b), suffocation of the bairn's bed (see bairn-bed n. at bairn n. Compounds): hysteria. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > hysteria mother?c1450 rising of the motherc1450 suffocation of the womb, matrix, motherc1550 strangulation of the matrix or womb1601 hysterica passio1603 hysterical passion1623 hysteric passion1655 rising of the matrix1660 hystericism1710 globus hystericus1741 globe1751 hysteria1757 globus1833 pseudorabies1892 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > psychoneurosis > hysteria mother?c1450 suffocation of the womb, matrix, motherc1550 strangulation of the matrix or womb1601 hysterica passio1603 suffocation (also rising, fit) of the mother1615 hysteric passion1655 tarantism1656 mother-fit1657 rising of the matrix1660 hysteria1757 tarantulism1774 pithiatism1910 mothersickness1993 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 53 Muguart that is gude for the suffocatione of ane vomans bayrnis hed. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 19 The same is good against the Suffocation of the Matrix (that is the stopping and hardnesse of the Mother). 1603 E. Jorden (title) A Briefe Discovrse of a Disease called the Suffocation of the Mother. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 652 The fat of a sheep..cureth the suffocation of the womb. 1719 J. Quincy Lexicon Physico-medicum (1722) Suffocation, Choaking. This is used in Hysterick Cases, wherein the Uterus is imagined to be..as it were suffocated with ill Humours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1550
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