breast-beatern.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛs(t)ˌbiːtə/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛs(t)ˌbidər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breast n., beater n.

Etymology: < breast n. + beater n.In sense 2a apparently after Persian sīna-zan (use as agent noun of the present participle of sīna-zadan to beat the breast); compare the following passage, in which breast-beaters is (inaccurately) used to gloss the related Persian sīna-zanī the action of beating the breast (in a note; the translation of the text itself has ‘while..beating their breasts’):1832 G. A. Herklots in tr. J. Sharîf Qanoon-e-Islam xv. 174 (note) Women who thus beat upon their breasts are called Seena-zunnee (breast-beaters), and are all of the Sheeah persuasion.With sense 2b compare earlier breast-beating n.

†1. A thing that causes pain to a person's chest. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1715 C. Mather Diary 22 Nov. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1912) 7th Ser. VIII. 775 I had three Maladies now to conflict withal. A cough which proved a grievous Breast-beater; an Asthma which often almost suffocated me; and a Fever.

a. A person, esp. a Shia Muslim, who beats his or her breast in a ritual demonstration of mourning during Muharram (Muharram n. 2).

ΚΠ

1872 Times of India 27 Mar. 4/4 (heading) The breast beaters of the Mohurrum.

1985 Drama Rev. 29 30 Breast-beaters pass in procession beside the newly dug graves.

2004 I. Hussain www.islamfrominside.com 1 Mar. (blog, Internet Archive Wayback Machine 25 Aug. 2005) The reciter was singing out—his voice breaking as it strained to keep pace with the steady deep thumping of the breast beaters.

b. A person who is given to exaggerated, ostentatious, or self-indulgent displays of emotion, esp. despair or remorse (with or without literal implication of beating the breast), or who is prone to anguish over some (usually social or moral) issue or concern.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > outward exhibition > one who

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breast-beater1885

1885 Cincinnati Commerc. Gaz. 3 Aug. 5/1 The howlers and breast-beaters should turn in and skin the Governor alive.

1955 J. Viertel Last Temptation xxix. 216 Try to get a cheerful rabbi. I couldn't stand a breast-beater.

1978 Japanese Jrnl. Relig. Stud. 5 189 I am not one of those Western breast-beaters who believe that we of the West are the unregenerate exploiters.

2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Oct. 70/3 He never trusted the breast-beaters who seemed less concerned with repentance than with reliving their gruesome experiences.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	breast-beater
释义	breast-beatern. Brit. /ˈbrɛs(t)ˌbiːtə/, U.S. /ˈbrɛs(t)ˌbidər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breast n., beater n. Etymology: < breast n. + beater n.In sense 2a apparently after Persian sīna-zan (use as agent noun of the present participle of sīna-zadan to beat the breast); compare the following passage, in which breast-beaters is (inaccurately) used to gloss the related Persian sīna-zanī the action of beating the breast (in a note; the translation of the text itself has ‘while..beating their breasts’):1832 G. A. Herklots in tr. J. Sharîf Qanoon-e-Islam xv. 174 (note) Women who thus beat upon their breasts are called Seena-zunnee (breast-beaters), and are all of the Sheeah persuasion.With sense 2b compare earlier breast-beating n. †1. A thing that causes pain to a person's chest. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1715 C. Mather Diary 22 Nov. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1912) 7th Ser. VIII. 775 I had three Maladies now to conflict withal. A cough which proved a grievous Breast-beater; an Asthma which often almost suffocated me; and a Fever. 2. a. A person, esp. a Shia Muslim, who beats his or her breast in a ritual demonstration of mourning during Muharram (Muharram n. 2). ΚΠ 1872 Times of India 27 Mar. 4/4 (heading) The breast beaters of the Mohurrum. 1985 Drama Rev. 29 30 Breast-beaters pass in procession beside the newly dug graves. 2004 I. Hussain www.islamfrominside.com 1 Mar. (blog, Internet Archive Wayback Machine 25 Aug. 2005) The reciter was singing out—his voice breaking as it strained to keep pace with the steady deep thumping of the breast beaters. b. A person who is given to exaggerated, ostentatious, or self-indulgent displays of emotion, esp. despair or remorse (with or without literal implication of beating the breast), or who is prone to anguish over some (usually social or moral) issue or concern. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [noun] > outward exhibition > one who gusher1864 breast-beater1885 1885 Cincinnati Commerc. Gaz. 3 Aug. 5/1 The howlers and breast-beaters should turn in and skin the Governor alive. 1955 J. Viertel Last Temptation xxix. 216 Try to get a cheerful rabbi. I couldn't stand a breast-beater. 1978 Japanese Jrnl. Relig. Stud. 5 189 I am not one of those Western breast-beaters who believe that we of the West are the unregenerate exploiters. 2010 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Oct. 70/3 He never trusted the breast-beaters who seemed less concerned with repentance than with reliving their gruesome experiences. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1715
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