death-strickenadj.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθˌstrɪk(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθˌstrɪkən/

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

Etymology: < death n. + stricken adj. Compare later death-struck adj., death-strucken adj.

Struck down by death; very close to death; mortally wounded (from a blow, etc.) or ill. Also: (of a place, etc.) afflicted or overwhelmed by death.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective]

deadOE

lifelessOE

of lifeOE

storvena1225

dead as a door-nail1362

ydead1387

stark deadc1390

colda1400

bypast1425

perishedc1440

morta1450

obita1450

unquickc1449

gone?a1475

dead and gone1482

extinct1483

departed1503

bygonea1522

amort1546

soulless1553

breathless1562

parted1562

mortified1592

low-laid1598

disanimate1601

carcasseda1603

defunct1603

no morea1616

with God1617

death-stricken1618

death-strucken1622

expired1631

past itc1635

incinerated1657

stock-dead1662

dead as a herring1664

death-struck1688

as dead as a nit1789

(as) dead as mutton1792

low1808

laid in the locker1815

strae-dead1820

disanimated1833

ghosted1834

under the daisies1842

irresuscitable1843

under the sod1847

toes up1851

dead and buried1863

devitalized1866

translated1869

dead and done (for, with)1886

daid1890

bung1893

(as) dead as the (or a) dodo1904

six feet under1942

brown bread1969

1618 in Wonderful Discouerie of Witchcrafts sig. E4^v Iohn Patchett might haue had his Child aliue,..if it were not death stricken in her wayes.

1786 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 984/2 May thy bosom..With regret miss the step of a death-stricken guest.

1812 T. Finch Ess. Princ. Polit. Philos. vi. v. 517 Liberty..has enjoyed immortality in a death-stricken world.

1851 G. Borrow Lavengro I. iii. 31 The death-stricken creature totters along the church-path.

1887 A. Jessopp in Dict. National Biogr. IX. 402/2 It is only when he [sc. Robert Cecil] is death-stricken..that we find the curtain raised which covers his private character through life.

1918 Bookman Jan. 515/1 Spiritualism, with its frank attempt to offer something tangible as to survival after death, has taken so great a hold on death-stricken England, that people are flocking to spiritualistic séances as they did to the churches at the beginning of the war.

1941 F. Matthiessen Amer. Renaissance vii. 275 The exhausted and death-stricken Dimmesdale totters to confess his sin at last to the incredulous..crowd.

2009 A. Franklin Relics of Dead x. 187 She was still holding the dead warrior's sword. She was reluctant to let it go; it provided some comfort in this death-stricken place.

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

单词	death-stricken
释义	death-strickenadj. Brit. /ˈdɛθˌstrɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈdɛθˌstrɪkən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., stricken adj. Etymology: < death n. + stricken adj. Compare later death-struck adj., death-strucken adj. Struck down by death; very close to death; mortally wounded (from a blow, etc.) or ill. Also: (of a place, etc.) afflicted or overwhelmed by death. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] deadOE lifelessOE of lifeOE storvena1225 dead as a door-nail1362 ydead1387 stark deadc1390 colda1400 bypast1425 perishedc1440 morta1450 obita1450 unquickc1449 gone?a1475 dead and gone1482 extinct1483 departed1503 bygonea1522 amort1546 soulless1553 breathless1562 parted1562 mortified1592 low-laid1598 disanimate1601 carcasseda1603 defunct1603 no morea1616 with God1617 death-stricken1618 death-strucken1622 expired1631 past itc1635 incinerated1657 stock-dead1662 dead as a herring1664 death-struck1688 as dead as a nit1789 (as) dead as mutton1792 low1808 laid in the locker1815 strae-dead1820 disanimated1833 ghosted1834 under the daisies1842 irresuscitable1843 under the sod1847 toes up1851 dead and buried1863 devitalized1866 translated1869 dead and done (for, with)1886 daid1890 bung1893 (as) dead as the (or a) dodo1904 six feet under1942 brown bread1969 1618 in Wonderful Discouerie of Witchcrafts sig. E4^v Iohn Patchett might haue had his Child aliue,..if it were not death stricken in her wayes. 1786 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 984/2 May thy bosom..With regret miss the step of a death-stricken guest. 1812 T. Finch Ess. Princ. Polit. Philos. vi. v. 517 Liberty..has enjoyed immortality in a death-stricken world. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro I. iii. 31 The death-stricken creature totters along the church-path. 1887 A. Jessopp in Dict. National Biogr. IX. 402/2 It is only when he [sc. Robert Cecil] is death-stricken..that we find the curtain raised which covers his private character through life. 1918 Bookman Jan. 515/1 Spiritualism, with its frank attempt to offer something tangible as to survival after death, has taken so great a hold on death-stricken England, that people are flocking to spiritualistic séances as they did to the churches at the beginning of the war. 1941 F. Matthiessen Amer. Renaissance vii. 275 The exhausted and death-stricken Dimmesdale totters to confess his sin at last to the incredulous..crowd. 2009 A. Franklin Relics of Dead x. 187 She was still holding the dead warrior's sword. She was reluctant to let it go; it provided some comfort in this death-stricken place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1618
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