brutalityn.

/bruːˈtalɪti/

Forms: Also 1600s brutallity.

Etymology: Formed as brutalism n. + -ity suffix. Compare French brutalité.

1. The state or condition of the brutes; the condition of living like a brute.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > [noun] > animal nature

brutality1711

animalness1730

bestial1785

beastship1828

beasthood1837

brutehood1852

animalhood1863

beastdoma1876

brutedom1890

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 166. ¶6 To deprave humane Nature, and sink it into the Condition of Brutality.

1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. vii. 416 (note) Nebuchadnezzar's State of Brutality.

1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (iii. 1–7) 131 The marvellous elevation from brutality to reason and speech.

2. The quality of resembling the brutes:

†a. in want of intelligence. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > animal nature of man > [noun] > brutishness

bestialitya1413

brutality1550

bruteness1590

brutalism1803

bestialism1824

brute-mindedness1843

beaver-intellect1850

beaverism1850

brutalization1874

1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Fi If ye wil not mainteine scholes and vnyuersities, ye shall haue a brutalitie.

b. in sensuality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > animal sensuality

beastlinessc1400

beastishness1530

beastlihead1579

bestiality1603

brutality1603

beastlihood1612

ferinenessa1676

doggishness1755

animalism1831

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xii. 627 If it be so [that the vulgar are less sensitive to pain], let vs henceforth keepe a schoole of brutalitie.

1755 E. Young Centaur vi, in Wks. (1757) IV. 278 Of all brutes the most brutal is the volunteer in brutality; the brute self-made.

1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 38 The brutality of even the highest orders.

3. Coarse incivility; violent roughness of manners; sensuality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > unrefined manners or behaviour

villainyc1340

churlhood1382

rudenessc1405

boistousness1526

uplandishness1530

rusticity1531

coarseness1541

loutishnessa1556

grossness1563

boorishness1570

rusticality1572

clownishness1576

bouerie1577

roughness1581

clownery1589

swinishness1591

peasantryc1592

inurbanity1598

community1600

rusticalnessa1603

clownagea1637

wildness1639

vulgarness1642

unpolishedness1652

brutism1687

mismanners1697

unpoliteness1700

brutality1709

mechanicism1710

indelicacy1712

untameness1727

vulgarism1749

vulgaritya1774

shag1785

piggishness1796

cubbishness1828

sylvanity1832

rusticness1838

plebeianness1840

swainishness1854

baboonery1857

yahooism1862

slanginess1865

bucolicism1879

vulgarianism1920

outbackery1961

yobbishness1969

ockerism1974

blokeishness1989

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 149. ⁋5 A natural Ruggedness and Brutality of Temper.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 145 His brutality was such that many thought him mad.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 43 The heavy brutality and things obscene of the court of Lewis XV.

4. Inhumanity, savage cruelty; an inhuman action.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [noun]

rethenesseOE

grimcundleȝcc1175

fellhead1340

ferteec1380

fiercenessc1384

savagenessa1400

grimliness14..

fellnessc1410

bestialitya1413

fierceheadc1440

cruelness?a1475

inhumanity1477

bremeness?1529

fury1534

tigerness1535

bruteness1538

immanity1539

wolvishness?1548

ferity?c1550

brutishness1567

truculency1569

Phalarism1581

ferocity1606

savagerya1616

brutality1633

inhumanness1649

wolfishness1676

boarishness1682

brutism1687

truculence1727

ferociousness1766

bestialism1824

tigerhood1846

Calibanism1859

unhumanness1885

inhumanism1907

Hunnishness1914

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] > inhuman

inhumanity1477

bruteness1538

immanity1539

Phalarism1581

brutality1633

inhumanness1649

brutalism1803

unhumanness1885

inhumanism1907

1633 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) viii. 23 They began to talk..of the Kings Brutality and Parracide.

1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely iv. 67 The Brutallity of the Turkish Troops.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 195 Hellish Brutality.

1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 390 His [Bonner's] brutality was notorious and unquestionable.

1878 J. Morley Diderot II. 228 The brutalities that were every day enacted.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	brutality
释义	brutalityn. /bruːˈtalɪti/ Forms: Also 1600s brutallity. Etymology: Formed as brutalism n. + -ity suffix. Compare French brutalité. 1. The state or condition of the brutes; the condition of living like a brute. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > [noun] > animal nature brutality1711 animalness1730 bestial1785 beastship1828 beasthood1837 brutehood1852 animalhood1863 beastdoma1876 brutedom1890 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 166. ¶6 To deprave humane Nature, and sink it into the Condition of Brutality. 1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. vii. 416 (note) Nebuchadnezzar's State of Brutality. 1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (iii. 1–7) 131 The marvellous elevation from brutality to reason and speech. 2. The quality of resembling the brutes: †a. in want of intelligence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intellect > want of intellect > animal nature of man > [noun] > brutishness bestialitya1413 brutality1550 bruteness1590 brutalism1803 bestialism1824 brute-mindedness1843 beaver-intellect1850 beaverism1850 brutalization1874 1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Fi If ye wil not mainteine scholes and vnyuersities, ye shall haue a brutalitie. b. in sensuality. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > animal sensuality beastlinessc1400 beastishness1530 beastlihead1579 bestiality1603 brutality1603 beastlihood1612 ferinenessa1676 doggishness1755 animalism1831 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xii. 627 If it be so [that the vulgar are less sensitive to pain], let vs henceforth keepe a schoole of brutalitie. 1755 E. Young Centaur vi, in Wks. (1757) IV. 278 Of all brutes the most brutal is the volunteer in brutality; the brute self-made. 1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 38 The brutality of even the highest orders. 3. Coarse incivility; violent roughness of manners; sensuality. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > unrefined manners or behaviour villainyc1340 churlhood1382 rudenessc1405 boistousness1526 uplandishness1530 rusticity1531 coarseness1541 loutishnessa1556 grossness1563 boorishness1570 rusticality1572 clownishness1576 bouerie1577 roughness1581 clownery1589 swinishness1591 peasantryc1592 inurbanity1598 community1600 rusticalnessa1603 clownagea1637 wildness1639 vulgarness1642 unpolishedness1652 brutism1687 mismanners1697 unpoliteness1700 brutality1709 mechanicism1710 indelicacy1712 untameness1727 vulgarism1749 vulgaritya1774 shag1785 piggishness1796 cubbishness1828 sylvanity1832 rusticness1838 plebeianness1840 swainishness1854 baboonery1857 yahooism1862 slanginess1865 bucolicism1879 vulgarianism1920 outbackery1961 yobbishness1969 ockerism1974 blokeishness1989 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 149. ⁋5 A natural Ruggedness and Brutality of Temper. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 145 His brutality was such that many thought him mad. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 43 The heavy brutality and things obscene of the court of Lewis XV. 4. Inhumanity, savage cruelty; an inhuman action. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [noun] rethenesseOE grimcundleȝcc1175 fellhead1340 ferteec1380 fiercenessc1384 savagenessa1400 grimliness14.. fellnessc1410 bestialitya1413 fierceheadc1440 cruelness?a1475 inhumanity1477 bremeness?1529 fury1534 tigerness1535 bruteness1538 immanity1539 wolvishness?1548 ferity?c1550 brutishness1567 truculency1569 Phalarism1581 ferocity1606 savagerya1616 brutality1633 inhumanness1649 wolfishness1676 boarishness1682 brutism1687 truculence1727 ferociousness1766 bestialism1824 tigerhood1846 Calibanism1859 unhumanness1885 inhumanism1907 Hunnishness1914 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] > inhuman inhumanity1477 bruteness1538 immanity1539 Phalarism1581 brutality1633 inhumanness1649 brutalism1803 unhumanness1885 inhumanism1907 1633 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) viii. 23 They began to talk..of the Kings Brutality and Parracide. 1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely iv. 67 The Brutallity of the Turkish Troops. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 195 Hellish Brutality. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 390 His [Bonner's] brutality was notorious and unquestionable. 1878 J. Morley Diderot II. 228 The brutalities that were every day enacted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1550
随便看	finger fern finger fillip finger fish finger flower finger food finger game finger gesture finger glass finger grass finger grip finger guard finger hole finger impression finger injury finger jam finger joint finger lake finger language finger lime finger lith finger man finger mark finger millet finger mirror finger movement