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单词 agonious
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agoniousadj.

Brit. /əˈɡəʊnɪəs/, U.S. /əˈɡoʊniəs/
Forms: 1500s agonyous, 1500s–1700s 1900s– agonious.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: agony n., -ous suffix.
Etymology: < agony n. + -ous suffix (compare -ious suffix), originally after Middle French agonieux agonizing (1501).Apparently re-formed in the 20th cent.
(a) Full of agony, agonizing. (b) Involving struggle; relating to the agony of death.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [adjective]
anguishousc1325
wounded1390
cruciate?1504
agoniousa1513
tormented1552
rivena1560
anguished1570
wracked1581
spur-galled1608
excruciatea1615
over-grieved1618
wrung1730
smarting1754
excruciated1792
cardialgic1811
lacerated1849
the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > relating to agony or torment > suffering agony or torment
forpainedc1400
agoniousa1513
tormented1552
on the rack1600
racked1900
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxi. f. lxxxxv Lewys had long lyen in this Agonyous sykenes.
?1585 W. C. Aduentures Ladie Egeria sig. S The noble famous Duches Egeria, in the middest of these agonious skyrmishes, her forraine glory and renowne before finished.
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 575 The harsh astringent fierce original Poysons do..put Nature into an agonious Condition.
1700 T. Tryon Lett. Several Occasions iii. 12 The Operations of the Stomach, and all the Subservient Vessels thereof are in a meer Agonious or Tumultuous State and Condition.
1971 W. V. Z. Faung Chin Shih Huang ix. 842 While the dead Emperor lay peacefully in the gold coffin his concubines and palace girls who were forced to keep him company in the tomb would slowly and painfully lose their breath in an agonious convulsion.
1985 V. Singh Dowry Prohibition India iii. vii. §2. 95 Dowry has given rise to a dirty competition and a large part of our society is suffering an agonious torture on account of its practice.
1993 J. Ott Pharmacotheon 26 One of the most exciting pharmaceutical prospects which developed for the drug was as an analgesic and psychotherapeutic adjunct to true agonious therapy, treatment of patients with painful terminal cancer or other fatal diseases.

Derivatives

aˈgoniously adv. rare agonizingly.
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1958 G. M. Mayer Once upon City 462 He wrote against time and it ran out about a week after the last chapter was agoniously pencilled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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