单词 | cadaverous |
释义 | cadaverousadj. a. Of or belonging to a corpse; such as characterizes a corpse, corpse-like. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > dead body > [adjective] ghastly1574 cadaverous1643 corpse-like1830 cadaveric1835 corpsy1883 1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Medici (1656) i. §38 By continuall sight of Anatomies, Skeletons, or Cadaverous reliques. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §26 Cadaverous dissection of bodies. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 251 A cadaverous man, composed of diseases and Complaints. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 205 Some cadaverous Smell those Ravens discover in the Air. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants IV. 374 Cadaverous smell of the Phallus impudicus. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 41 The strange, unusual..smell, and the cadaverous light. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 167 The cadaverous odour is of the repulsive kind. b. esp. Of corpse-like or deadly pallor. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] blatec1000 whiteOE greena1275 blakec1275 bleykea1300 wana1300 palec1330 bleach1340 pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374 colourlessc1380 deadlyc1385 deadc1386 bloodlessc1450 earthlyc1460 ruddylessc1460 wan visaged?a1513 wanny1555 as pale or white as a clout1557 bleak1566 mealy1566 pale-faced1570 ghastly1574 white-faced1577 bleakish1581 pallid1590 whiggish1590 tallow-faced1592 maid-pale1597 lily1600 whey-colour1602 lew1611 roseless1611 Hippocratical1615 cadaverousa1661 Hippocratic1681 smock-faced1684 white-looked1690 livid1728 as white (or pale) as a sheet1752 squalid1753 deathly1791 etiolated1791 light-skinned1802 suety1803 shilpit1813 blanched1828 tallowy1830 suet-faced1834 pasty1836 tallowish1838 whey-faced1847 pasty-faced1848 aghast1850 waxen1853 complexionless1863 light-skin1877 lily-cheeked1877 lardy1879 wan-faced1881 exsanguinous1889 wheatish1950 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Suff. 67 His eye was excellent at the instant discovery of a cadaverous face..this made him at the first sight of sick Prince Henry, to get himself out of sight. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 246 He found John Milton sitting in an Elbow Chair..pale, but not cadaverous. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 145 He has a cadaverous countenance, full of cavities and projections. 1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings I. vi. 38. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1643 |
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