death woundn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθ wuːnd/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθ ˌwund/

Forms: see death n. and wound n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., wound n.

Etymology: < death n. + wound n. Compare earlier death's wound n. at death n. Compounds 3c.The form dead wound in quot. 1606, from a source which is not Scottish or northern English, may rather be < dead adj. or dead n. + wound n., perhaps arising from reanalysis of earlier forms of this compound showing β. forms at death n. as ‘wound of the dead’ (compare dead adj. 8, 9).

A wound causing death, a mortal wound. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > cause of death > [noun] > deadly wound

death woundc1330

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > serious or mortal wound

death's woundc1300

death woundc1330

grievous bodily harm1861

homer1942

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 3490 Smiteþ wiþ swerdes & speres..& ȝif hem deþ wounde.

c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 153 Þo he wist þat he hade dethe [?a1425 Trin. Dublin dethes] Wounde.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 562 He made him a grete wounde, but no deed wounde.

1606 N. Breton Choice, Chance, & Change sig. K2^v Beares a dead wound but as a little stripe.

1662 E. Calamy Exact Coll. Serm. (new ed.) 322 By regeneration..[God] gives sin its death-wound.

1793 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 122 Jacobinism is..more likely to receive its death-wound in the South of France than in Flanders.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 11 The hunter..For the death-wound..Mustered his breath, his whinyard drew.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Death-wound, a law term for the starting of a butt end, or springing a fatal leak.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. i. 4 The dealer of the death-wound to the spirit of Pharisaism was a Pharisee.

1921 Hearst's Feb. 60/1 In her side yawned the great ragged hole that had been the death wound of the ship.

1989 S. Sucharitkul Moon Dance i. v. 72 His guts were seeping into the snow from the deathwound.

2011 A. Berk Death Watch xxxvi. 302 The top of its skull was smashed in, from what must have been its death wound.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	death wound
释义	death woundn. Brit. /ˈdɛθ wuːnd/, U.S. /ˈdɛθ ˌwund/ Forms: see death n. and wound n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., wound n. Etymology: < death n. + wound n. Compare earlier death's wound n. at death n. Compounds 3c.The form dead wound in quot. 1606, from a source which is not Scottish or northern English, may rather be < dead adj. or dead n. + wound n., perhaps arising from reanalysis of earlier forms of this compound showing β. forms at death n. as ‘wound of the dead’ (compare dead adj. 8, 9). A wound causing death, a mortal wound. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [noun] > deadly wound death woundc1330 the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > serious or mortal wound death's woundc1300 death woundc1330 grievous bodily harm1861 homer1942 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 3490 Smiteþ wiþ swerdes & speres..& ȝif hem deþ wounde. c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 153 Þo he wist þat he hade dethe [?a1425 Trin. Dublin dethes] Wounde. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 562 He made him a grete wounde, but no deed wounde. 1606 N. Breton Choice, Chance, & Change sig. K2^v Beares a dead wound but as a little stripe. 1662 E. Calamy Exact Coll. Serm. (new ed.) 322 By regeneration..[God] gives sin its death-wound. 1793 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 122 Jacobinism is..more likely to receive its death-wound in the South of France than in Flanders. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 11 The hunter..For the death-wound..Mustered his breath, his whinyard drew. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Death-wound, a law term for the starting of a butt end, or springing a fatal leak. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. i. 4 The dealer of the death-wound to the spirit of Pharisaism was a Pharisee. 1921 Hearst's Feb. 60/1 In her side yawned the great ragged hole that had been the death wound of the ship. 1989 S. Sucharitkul Moon Dance i. v. 72 His guts were seeping into the snow from the deathwound. 2011 A. Berk Death Watch xxxvi. 302 The top of its skull was smashed in, from what must have been its death wound. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1330
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