† defeaturen.

Forms: 1500s–1800s defeature, 1600s defaiture, 1600s defeiture, 1600s deffeiture, 1600s diffeature.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French deffaiture.

Etymology: < Middle French deffaiture, deffaicture ruin, undoing, frustration of a plan or purpose (1520 or earlier), defeat in a battle or contest (1520 or earlier; late 13th cent. in Old French as deffaiture in sense ‘killing, destruction’, 1372 in an apparently isolated instance in sense ‘disguise’; < deffait- , past participial stem of deffaire defeat v. + -ure -ure suffix¹, after faiture feature n.), with remodelling after defeat v. Compare earlier defeat n., defeating n.In sense 2 after feature n. N.E.D. (1894) gives the pronunciation as (dĭfī·tiŭɹ)

/dɪˈfiːtjʊə(r)/.

Obsolete.

a. The prevention of the progress, success, or realization of something; frustration of a plan or purpose; an instance of this. Cf. defeat n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > of plans, etc.

defeat1581

defeature1583

defeatment1611

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. P Seleucus considering with animaduersion and the daunger immiment to the defeature of his desire.

1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 14 The defeature and discouerie of those horrible Traitors.

1666 J. Glanvill Philos. Endeavour Def. Witches & Apparitions 52 The Defeature of its Purposes.

1668 E. Kemp Reasons Sole Use of Churches Prayers 10 Have they had no disappointments, no defeatures?

1882 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass.) 20 Sept. 313/1 Whate'er his life's defeatures, He loved his fellow creatures.

b. Ruin, undoing; = defeat n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun]

end832

bale-sithea1000

wrakea1275

wonderc1275

destroyingc1300

destruction1340

contritionc1384

stroying1396

undoing1398

tininga1400

ruinc1425

fatec1430

fordoingc1450

perishing?1523

shipwreck1526

pernicion?1530

ruining1562

ruinating1587

defeasance1590

defeature1592

breakneck1598

ruination1599

defeat1600

doom1609

planet-striking1611

mismaking1615

rasurea1616

destructa1638

perition1640

interemption1656

smashing1821

degrowth1876

uncreation1884

creative destruction1927

1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia sig. K.4 The day before the night of my defeature, He greets me with a Casket richly wrought.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F3 For their first loues defeature .

1615 Life Lady Iane Grey (new ed.) sig. B3^v After her most vnfortunate marriage, and the vtter defaiture almost of her name and honors.

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 900 To make defeature Of his [sc. man's] estate in blisse he [sc. the devil] doth intend.

c. Defeat in a battle or contest.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defeat > [noun]

confusionc1290

scomfit13..

cumber1303

discomfitc1330

scomfitingc1333

discomfiturea1400

scomfiturea1400

discomfitingc1405

overthrowc1440

male journey1455

overset1456

foilc1478

discomforture1485

supprise1488

reversea1529

distrage?1548

loss1548

defeat1553

underdeal1553

discomfort1589

defeatment1598

defeature1598

rufflec1600

defeatance1608

routa1616

Caudine Forks1619

disrout1623

conviction1631

bang1644

derout1644

conquest1677

drubbing1769

check1793

thrashing1797

sauve-qui-peut1815

debacle1847

smash1888

pasting1942

1598 L. A. tr. G. Fernandez Honour of Chiualrie xxxi. 189 I doo not now thinke much of your defeature [It. che voi siate stati uinti], seeing he and the knight of the Golden Image were against you.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. xi. 481 After the defeiture of K. Perseus.

1624 P. Massinger Bond-man iv. i. sig. G4^v Haue you acquainted her with the defeature Of the Carthaginians.

1659 N. Whiting Old Jacobs Altar 266 The Israelites in a defeature by the Philistines Army, imputed their overthrow to the absence of the Ark.

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xi. 111 Complaining of defeature twice sustain'd.

1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 417 This comfort we to our defeature lend.

2. With reference to a person's appearance: disfigurement; a disfiguring feature. Cf. defeat v. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun]

disfigurec1386

deformationc1440

defoulinga1450

disfiguring1526

deforming1552

disfiguredness1565

disgrace1581

defiguration1585

defeature1593

disfigurement1637

disfiguration1653

reprobation1774

uglification1820

desightment1828

deform1831

disfeaturement1884

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Eiij To mingle beautie with infirmities, And pure perfection with impure defeature .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 300 Carefull houres with times deformed hand, Haue written strange defeatures in my face.

1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl VII. x. 398 All the defeatures of guilt..stood on the brow of the former.

1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More Ded. i. p. iv Ere heart-hardening bigotry..With sour defeature marr'd his countenance.

1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 354 To see the veil uplifted from the deformities and defeatures of my fellow-creatures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

defeaturev.

Brit.

/ˌdiːˈfiːtʃə/, U.S.

/diˈfitʃər/

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: defeature n.; de- prefix, feature n.

Etymology: Probably partly < defeature n. (compare sense 2 at that entry), and partly < de- prefix + feature n. Compare Old French deffaiturer (13th cent.).

Now somewhat rare.

transitive. To disfigure, deface; to spoil the features of. Also: to make featureless. Usually in passive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > disfigure [verb (transitive)]

loathly?c1225

defacec1374

disfigurec1374

emblemishc1384

defoula1387

unhighta1387

disray1431

deform?c1450

foul?c1450

deflower1486

defeata1492

unbeauty1495

deflourisha1513

disform?1520

ungarnish1530

disfashiona1535

disfavour1535

disgrace1549

unbeautify1570

uglify1576

disbeautify1577

dishonest1581

disshape1583

disornament1593

disadorn1598

undeck1598

disvisage1603

unfair1609

untrim1609

debellish1610

disfair1628

discomplexion1640

devenustate1653

disfeature1659

monkeyfy1707

ugly1740

defeature1792

dedecorate1804

scarecrow1853

nastify1873

1792 J. Fennell Rev. Proc. at Paris 2 Events..defeatured by violent exaggerations.

1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 493/2 A ghastly blue-swollen face, defeatured horribly, as if by gnawing teeth of sea-monsters.

1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 4 200 Her nature had been tormented and defeatured by the flames of Gehenna!

1866 G. Massey Shakspeare's Sonnets 360 The descriptions which so tend to defeature the image set up by Sidney.

1907 World's Work Aug. 276/1 The medical expert who is thoroughly abreast of his times will reconstruct for you a face so defeatured by decay that neither friend nor relative could claim it.

1977 J. Gardner Life & Times Chaucer 7 Our picture of the man has recently become cloudy, defeatured by contradiction.

1992 E. K. Sedgwick Tendencies (1993) 140 A conceptual landscape so rubbled and defeatured by the twin hurricanes named Just Do It and Just Say No.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	defeature
释义	† defeaturen. Forms: 1500s–1800s defeature, 1600s defaiture, 1600s defeiture, 1600s deffeiture, 1600s diffeature. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French deffaiture. Etymology: < Middle French deffaiture, deffaicture ruin, undoing, frustration of a plan or purpose (1520 or earlier), defeat in a battle or contest (1520 or earlier; late 13th cent. in Old French as deffaiture in sense ‘killing, destruction’, 1372 in an apparently isolated instance in sense ‘disguise’; < deffait- , past participial stem of deffaire defeat v. + -ure -ure suffix¹, after faiture feature n.), with remodelling after defeat v. Compare earlier defeat n., defeating n.In sense 2 after feature n. N.E.D. (1894) gives the pronunciation as (dĭfī·tiŭɹ) /dɪˈfiːtjʊə(r)/. Obsolete. 1. a. The prevention of the progress, success, or realization of something; frustration of a plan or purpose; an instance of this. Cf. defeat n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > of plans, etc. defeat1581 defeature1583 defeatment1611 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. P Seleucus considering with animaduersion and the daunger immiment to the defeature of his desire. 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 14 The defeature and discouerie of those horrible Traitors. 1666 J. Glanvill Philos. Endeavour Def. Witches & Apparitions 52 The Defeature of its Purposes. 1668 E. Kemp Reasons Sole Use of Churches Prayers 10 Have they had no disappointments, no defeatures? 1882 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass.) 20 Sept. 313/1 Whate'er his life's defeatures, He loved his fellow creatures. b. Ruin, undoing; = defeat n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] end832 bale-sithea1000 wrakea1275 wonderc1275 destroyingc1300 destruction1340 contritionc1384 stroying1396 undoing1398 tininga1400 ruinc1425 fatec1430 fordoingc1450 perishing?1523 shipwreck1526 pernicion?1530 ruining1562 ruinating1587 defeasance1590 defeature1592 breakneck1598 ruination1599 defeat1600 doom1609 planet-striking1611 mismaking1615 rasurea1616 destructa1638 perition1640 interemption1656 smashing1821 degrowth1876 uncreation1884 creative destruction1927 1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia sig. K.4 The day before the night of my defeature, He greets me with a Casket richly wrought. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F3 For their first loues defeature . View more context for this quotation 1615 Life Lady Iane Grey (new ed.) sig. B3^v After her most vnfortunate marriage, and the vtter defaiture almost of her name and honors. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 900 To make defeature Of his [sc. man's] estate in blisse he [sc. the devil] doth intend. c. Defeat in a battle or contest. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > [noun] confusionc1290 scomfit13.. cumber1303 discomfitc1330 scomfitingc1333 discomfiturea1400 scomfiturea1400 discomfitingc1405 overthrowc1440 male journey1455 overset1456 foilc1478 discomforture1485 supprise1488 reversea1529 distrage?1548 loss1548 defeat1553 underdeal1553 discomfort1589 defeatment1598 defeature1598 rufflec1600 defeatance1608 routa1616 Caudine Forks1619 disrout1623 conviction1631 bang1644 derout1644 conquest1677 drubbing1769 check1793 thrashing1797 sauve-qui-peut1815 debacle1847 smash1888 pasting1942 1598 L. A. tr. G. Fernandez Honour of Chiualrie xxxi. 189 I doo not now thinke much of your defeature [It. che voi siate stati uinti], seeing he and the knight of the Golden Image were against you. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. xi. 481 After the defeiture of K. Perseus. 1624 P. Massinger Bond-man iv. i. sig. G4^v Haue you acquainted her with the defeature Of the Carthaginians. 1659 N. Whiting Old Jacobs Altar 266 The Israelites in a defeature by the Philistines Army, imputed their overthrow to the absence of the Ark. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xi. 111 Complaining of defeature twice sustain'd. 1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 417 This comfort we to our defeature lend. 2. With reference to a person's appearance: disfigurement; a disfiguring feature. Cf. defeat v. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun] disfigurec1386 deformationc1440 defoulinga1450 disfiguring1526 deforming1552 disfiguredness1565 disgrace1581 defiguration1585 defeature1593 disfigurement1637 disfiguration1653 reprobation1774 uglification1820 desightment1828 deform1831 disfeaturement1884 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Eiij To mingle beautie with infirmities, And pure perfection with impure defeature . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 300 Carefull houres with times deformed hand, Haue written strange defeatures in my face. View more context for this quotation 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl VII. x. 398 All the defeatures of guilt..stood on the brow of the former. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More Ded. i. p. iv Ere heart-hardening bigotry..With sour defeature marr'd his countenance. 1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 354 To see the veil uplifted from the deformities and defeatures of my fellow-creatures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). defeaturev. Brit. /ˌdiːˈfiːtʃə/, U.S. /diˈfitʃər/ Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: defeature n.; de- prefix, feature n. Etymology: Probably partly < defeature n. (compare sense 2 at that entry), and partly < de- prefix + feature n. Compare Old French deffaiturer (13th cent.). Now somewhat rare. transitive. To disfigure, deface; to spoil the features of. Also: to make featureless. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > disfigure [verb (transitive)] loathly?c1225 defacec1374 disfigurec1374 emblemishc1384 defoula1387 unhighta1387 disray1431 deform?c1450 foul?c1450 deflower1486 defeata1492 unbeauty1495 deflourisha1513 disform?1520 ungarnish1530 disfashiona1535 disfavour1535 disgrace1549 unbeautify1570 uglify1576 disbeautify1577 dishonest1581 disshape1583 disornament1593 disadorn1598 undeck1598 disvisage1603 unfair1609 untrim1609 debellish1610 disfair1628 discomplexion1640 devenustate1653 disfeature1659 monkeyfy1707 ugly1740 defeature1792 dedecorate1804 scarecrow1853 nastify1873 1792 J. Fennell Rev. Proc. at Paris 2 Events..defeatured by violent exaggerations. 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 493/2 A ghastly blue-swollen face, defeatured horribly, as if by gnawing teeth of sea-monsters. 1843 Ainsworth's Mag. 4 200 Her nature had been tormented and defeatured by the flames of Gehenna! 1866 G. Massey Shakspeare's Sonnets 360 The descriptions which so tend to defeature the image set up by Sidney. 1907 World's Work Aug. 276/1 The medical expert who is thoroughly abreast of his times will reconstruct for you a face so defeatured by decay that neither friend nor relative could claim it. 1977 J. Gardner Life & Times Chaucer 7 Our picture of the man has recently become cloudy, defeatured by contradiction. 1992 E. K. Sedgwick Tendencies (1993) 140 A conceptual landscape so rubbled and defeatured by the twin hurricanes named Just Do It and Just Say No. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583v.1792
随便看	a full wallop a full womb speaks lightly of hunger a future state, life a game at cards a game of cards a game of two halves a game on the cards a ganging foot is aye getting a gathering a general sweep a gentleman toward the law a gest of robin hood a gey few a ghost from one's past a ghost from one'the past a ghost of a chance a glance at, into, of, over, upon a glancing view a gleam in a person's eye a glint in a person's eye a glower of a glut in the market a glutton of books a god's kechel a god's name