单词 | cursing |
释义 | cursingn. 1. a. The utterance of words which consign to spiritual and temporal evil, the vengeance of the deity, the malign influence of fate, etc.; malediction, imprecation, damning. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > action of saying cursingc950 waryingc1200 accursinga1382 execration1382 cursement1393 banninga1400 malloka1400 malediction1447 comminationa1464 imprecation1589 the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > action of saying cursingc950 waryingc1200 accursinga1382 execration1382 cursement1393 banninga1400 malediction1447 detestation?a1475 imprecation1589 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xx. 47 Ðas onfoæð cursung mara [Rushw. Ðæt mara vel mast cursunge; L. damnationem majorem]. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Dan. ix. 11 And cursyng, and wlatyng which is writun in the book of Moises..droppide on vs. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Mal. iv. 6 That I come not, and smyte the earth with cursynge. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. ii. f. 8 The malesonis waryingis or cursingis, quhilk God..schoris to the transgressouris. ΚΠ c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. v. 29 Ðon all lichoma ðin gesendad beð in tintergo vel in cursung. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 28. 2. The formal pronunciation of an ecclesiastical curse or anathema; excommunication. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > excommunication > [noun] mansingOE amansingOE cursing?c1120 malloka1400 malediction1447 sequestrationa1450 comminationa1464 excommengement1495 excommuny1502 fulmination1502 excommunicationa1513 aggravation1531 anathematization1547 anathemization1549 anathema1565 anathemea1575 anathematical1583 anathematizing1593 sequestering1620 excommunion1641 dischurching1644 excision1647 excommunicating1648 unchurching1655 consecration1700 innodation1731 ?c1120 Charter Pope Agatho dated 680 in Cod. Dipl. V. 30 Hwa swa hit breket ealre biscope cursunge and eal cristene folces he hafe. Amen. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 11 No bissop ne mai him chastien ne mid forbode, ne mid scrifte, ne mid cursinge. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 130 Whan Thomas it wist, he did mak a cursyng. Roger he cursed first, þat corouned þe ȝong kyng. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 29482 Cursing thre-fald es, þe tan es mare, þe toþer lesse. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. iii That they shold to london come by Cristmas vpon payne of cursynge. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 211 Cursyng..excommunication. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 35 Forbidden vpon paine of curssing. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon vii. 139 Early in the twelfth century..William of Winchester, by the authority of Celestine II..brought in the use of cursing with bell, book, and candle. 3. Imprecation of evil; the profane use of imprecations in hatred or evil temper; blasphemy. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > use of profane language cursingc1050 swearing1340 damning1679 foul-mouthing1821 coprolalia1886 effing1963 society > faith > worship > sacrilege > blasphemy > [noun] cursingc1050 blasphemyc1230 blaspheme1384 blasphemingc1430 blasphement1544 blasphemationc1550 profanity1563 profaneness?1578 profanism1607 c1050 Spelman's Psalms cviii. 16 (C. MS.) & he lufode wyrgednysse [C. cursunge] & heo cume him, & he nolde bletsunga & heo bið afyrsad from him. a1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 205 Wreððe..cursunge, bac bitunge. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 9116 Þy cursyng now sene hyt ys Wyþ veniaunce on þy owne flesshe. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lix. 12 For cursing and lying which they speake. View more context for this quotation a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 104 He had heard that the King was much given to Cursing. 1736 G. Berkeley Disc. Magistr. in Wks. (1871) III. 427 It is no common blasphemy..it is not simple cursing and swearing. 1850 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in Representative Men iv. 165 He will indulge himself with a little cursing and swearing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2020). cursingadj. That curses. ΚΠ 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 203 And you be a cursing hypocrite once, you must be lookt to. 1892 A. R. Watson George Gilfillan iv. 97 The meagre hand of contented or cursing penury. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c950adj.1600 |
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