death-sickadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθsɪk/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθˌsɪk/

Forms: see death n. and sick adj. and n.

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

Etymology: < death n. + sick adj.

Mortally ill; affected by a deadly disease. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > mortally sick or wounded

dead-sick1535

gored1577

death-sick1617

à la mort1700

1617 Bp. J. Hall Quo Vadis? (new ed.) ix. 66 Apparitions..wherewith some of our death-sicke Gentlemen..haue beene frighted into Catholikes.

1622 J. Bullokar True Descr. of Passion sig. C2^v This comfort could not cure The death-sicke dolours of his wounded heart.

1785 S. J. Pratt Misc. II. 91 Forlorn he lay Death-sick beneath the chill of her neglect.

1832 T. Carlyle in New Monthly Mag. 34 510 These were but spasmodic convulsions of the death-sick time.

1877 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. July 408 He..deathsick flees to his joyless dwelling; for he knows that his days are numbered.

1919 G. G. Smith Ben Jonson ii. 46 On his remorseless public he threw himself as a death-sick lion on its hunters.

1952 J. Huizinga Erasmus of Rotterdam xx. 186 The friend to whose share the honour fell to receive from the old, death-sick author a last composition prepared expressly for him, amidst the most terrible pains.

1995 A. Waterman End of Pier Show 46 Piteous, small, insistent, from a hedge Cries brought you running. And so you discovered Death-sick, dumped—Lillehammer [sc. a cat]. By your help he's recovered.

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

单词	death-sick
释义	death-sickadj. Brit. /ˈdɛθsɪk/, U.S. /ˈdɛθˌsɪk/ Forms: see death n. and sick adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., sick adj. Etymology: < death n. + sick adj. Mortally ill; affected by a deadly disease. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > mortally sick or wounded dead-sick1535 gored1577 death-sick1617 à la mort1700 1617 Bp. J. Hall Quo Vadis? (new ed.) ix. 66 Apparitions..wherewith some of our death-sicke Gentlemen..haue beene frighted into Catholikes. 1622 J. Bullokar True Descr. of Passion sig. C2^v This comfort could not cure The death-sicke dolours of his wounded heart. 1785 S. J. Pratt Misc. II. 91 Forlorn he lay Death-sick beneath the chill of her neglect. 1832 T. Carlyle in New Monthly Mag. 34 510 These were but spasmodic convulsions of the death-sick time. 1877 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. July 408 He..deathsick flees to his joyless dwelling; for he knows that his days are numbered. 1919 G. G. Smith Ben Jonson ii. 46 On his remorseless public he threw himself as a death-sick lion on its hunters. 1952 J. Huizinga Erasmus of Rotterdam xx. 186 The friend to whose share the honour fell to receive from the old, death-sick author a last composition prepared expressly for him, amidst the most terrible pains. 1995 A. Waterman End of Pier Show 46 Piteous, small, insistent, from a hedge Cries brought you running. And so you discovered Death-sick, dumped—Lillehammer [sc. a cat]. By your help he's recovered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1617
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