单词 | condemned |
释义 | condemnedadj. 1. a. Pronounced to be at fault or guilty; lying under condemnation. (Also absol. with the.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > state or condition of being accursedc1225 banned1340 cursed1393 maledighta1400 remauldit?1473 condemned1543 execrable1557 devoted1611 execrated1660 maledicted1727 maledict1867 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > reprobation > [adjective] > affected by unsalveda1240 damned1393 reprobate?a1425 prescit?a1450 losta1533 reprobated1541 condemned1543 unredeemed1548 devoted1611 unsaved1648 non-elect1650 presciteda1660 damning1662 unelected1836 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [noun] > one who is convicted convict1530 condemned1543 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [adjective] > convicted or condemned convicta1340 damnedc1440 taint1496 convict1549 cast1587 convicted1611 condemned1712 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > dispraised > censured or condemned convictc1384 reprobated1541 condemned1873 1543 in Sc. Pasquils (1868) 420 Bukis or warkis of condampnit heretikis. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 68 The auld condamned Anabaptists. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. x. 79 So long the condemneds life should be prolonged. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 504. ⁋5 The bodies of condemn'd malefactors. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. 61 ii. 750 [The Inhabitants of gaols] are divided into different classes of male and female felons, king's evidences, the condemned to die. 1873 J. Morley Rousseau II. 65 Her own share..in the production of the condemned book. b. Confounded, damned. colloquial. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > oaths other than religious or obscene confounded1652 buggering1784 everlasting1834 condemned1841 ever-loving1912 1841 Spirit of Times 3 Apr. 58/2 Did you ever git intu a neest of runners arter baggage?.. I had heard folks tell what condemn'd critturs they were. a1861 T. Winthrop Life in Open Air (1863) 249 ‘But I took a big cold,’ the diver continued, ‘and I'm condemned hoarse yit.’ 1909 in J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era 89/2 ‘Ducks!’ I says; ‘you condemned lunatic, them ain't ducks; them's mud hens!’ 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean viii. 140 Bless my soul, what sort of a condemned rumshop have I stumbled into? 2. Adjudged or officially pronounced unfit for use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [adjective] > unserviceable unbriche1303 unable1390 unserviceable1535 inserviceable1607 impracticable1717 condemned1798 unusable1825 unadoptable1843 dis1925 bung1930 u/s1942 inoperable1949 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > dispraised > censured or condemned > officially as unfit for use condemned1798 1798 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 200 To throw all the condemned provisions..overboard into the Sea. 3. Appropriated to condemned persons, or things rejected, as in condemned cell, condemned pew, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > cell > for those condemned to death condemned cell1818 salt-box1819 death cell1825 Murderers' Row1871 death row1894 1688 P. Cook in R. L'Estrange Brief Hist. Times III. 78 In the Place call'd the Condemn'd Hole. 1717 Hist. Press-Yard 7 I was conducted to the door leading out of the lodge into the Condemn'd Hold. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 171 The poor Fellow..is in your Condemn'd Hole. 1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals III. 247 He..upon insulting the Court was order'd to be in one of the condemn'd Cells of Newgate. 1818 Baldw. Brown Mem. J. Howard v. 135 ‘The pit’ and within it, the condemned cell, both dirty and offensive. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 123 The condemned pew—a huge black pen, in which the wretched men who are singled out for death, are placed, on the Sunday preceding their execution. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. lii. 295 They led him to one of the condemned cells. 1884 A. Griffiths Chron. Newgate 360 Hence there was a terrible accumulation of prisoners in the condemned cells. 1884 A. Griffiths Chron. Newgate 434 Excluded from the Newgate Chapel on the day the condemned sermon was preached. 4. Fastened or closed up (as a door). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut > closed or blocked up > of doors or windows condemned1884 1884 C. Reade in Harper's Mag. Apr. 680/1 I let him in by the condemned door. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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