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euthanasy Now rare.|juːˈθænəsɪ|
[Anglicized form of euthanasia. Cf. Fr. euthanasie.]
= euthanasia 1; also fig.
1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 164 Augustus Caesar..so often as he heard of a man that had a quicke passage, with little sense of paine, he wished for himselfe that Euthanasie. a1637B. Jonson Underwoods, Eupheme ix, Dare I profane so irreligious be, To greet or grieue her soft euthanasy. 1736in Bailey (folio). 1775in Ash. 1821De Quincey Confess. (1862) 240 The practice..tends to a natural euthanasy. 1862S. Dobell Love, The swift euthanasy of her last change. |