| 单词 | witch-ridden |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswitch-ridden witch-ridden adj. tormented, beset, or ‘ridden’ by a witch while asleep at night (see sense 2); (hence) harassed, troubled, tormented; cf. hag-ridden adj., witch-riding n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adjective] > as by an evil spirit obsessed1531 witch-ridden1621 hag-ridden1685 hag-rid1691 nightmared1839 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being eerie > [adjective] > afflicted by nightmare witch-ridden1621 hag-ridden1654 hag-rid1691 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. ii. 123 Such as are troubled with Incubus, or witch ridden, as we call it, if they lie on their backs. 1791 W. Hutton Hist. Derby 226 That weak and witch-ridden monarch, James the First. 2016 Evening News (Norwich) (Nexis) 27 Oct. The Yarnsmith of Norwich Dave Tonge tells stories of long dead monks and witch-ridden nags, girls with golden arms, old men with long boney fingers and even a deal with the Devil! < as lemmas |
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