单词 | tortor |
释义 | † tortorn. Obsolete. A torturer, tormentor; an executioner. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > torturer pinerOE wiþerlaȝec1175 tormentorc1290 pincher1368 tortor1570 torturer1597 torture-monger1615 excruciator1864 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 125/2 The boucherlye tortoure pluckte the skynne from the crowne of hys head. 1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (1 Thess.) xxiv. 305 The conscience..as a tortor within thee to torment thee. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 410 The Tortor proudly did the feat, but cleere he went not quit; That holy Martyr lost his head, this cruell wretch his sight. 1619 S. Purchas Microcosmus xlii. 401 Tortures and Tortours, Deuills and Deuillish Plagues. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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