despoilingn.

/dɪˈspɔɪlɪŋ/

Etymology: formed as despoil v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of despoil v.; robbing.

ΚΠ

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Despoylinge, despoliatio, spoliatio.

1793 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 143 The despoiling a minister of religion.

†2. Spoil, plunder; esp., the arms or clothes of an enemy, the skin of a beast.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun]

purchasec1325

ridding1347

riflinga1350

despoilingc1374

preya1375

spoilingc1380

pillagea1393

shavaldrya1400

destrition14..

pillingc1400

pillery1433

spulyieingc1440

rapinea1450

spoliationc1460

depopulation1462

spulyie1464

depredation1483

despoil1483

predationa1500

pilferya1513

pollinga1513

spoil1532

pilling and pollinga1535

pilfering1548

expilation1563

rapt1584

escheat1587

fleecing1593

spoilage1597

depilation1611

manubiary1616

pillaging1629

plundering1632

exspoliation1634

peeling1641

despoliation1658

plunder1661

plunderage1700

spoliage1806

despoilment1822

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. met. vii. 147 He rafte þe despoylynge fro þe cruel lyoun, þat is to seyne he slouȝ þe lyoun and rafte hym hys skyn.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

deˈspoiling adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective]

ravenousc1425

rapinous1484

polling1526

spoiling1565

predatory1589

pilling1590

spoilful1590

plundering1641

vulturian1659

predatitious1660

pillagingc1670

vulturine1721

predal1737

depredatory1771

spoliatory1790

predatorial1791

plunderous1797

spoliating1840

accipitral1842

despoiling1859

spoliative1875

predative1920

prehensile1927

1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. i. 17 The despoiling hands of the first reformers.

单词	despoiling
释义	despoilingn. /dɪˈspɔɪlɪŋ/ Etymology: formed as despoil v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of despoil v.; robbing. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Despoylinge, despoliatio, spoliatio. 1793 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 143 The despoiling a minister of religion. †2. Spoil, plunder; esp., the arms or clothes of an enemy, the skin of a beast. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun] purchasec1325 ridding1347 riflinga1350 despoilingc1374 preya1375 spoilingc1380 pillagea1393 shavaldrya1400 destrition14.. pillingc1400 pillery1433 spulyieingc1440 rapinea1450 spoliationc1460 depopulation1462 spulyie1464 depredation1483 despoil1483 predationa1500 pilferya1513 pollinga1513 spoil1532 pilling and pollinga1535 pilfering1548 expilation1563 rapt1584 escheat1587 fleecing1593 spoilage1597 depilation1611 manubiary1616 pillaging1629 plundering1632 exspoliation1634 peeling1641 despoliation1658 plunder1661 plunderage1700 spoliage1806 despoilment1822 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. met. vii. 147 He rafte þe despoylynge fro þe cruel lyoun, þat is to seyne he slouȝ þe lyoun and rafte hym hys skyn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2019). > as lemmas deˈspoiling deˈspoiling adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective] ravenousc1425 rapinous1484 polling1526 spoiling1565 predatory1589 pilling1590 spoilful1590 plundering1641 vulturian1659 predatitious1660 pillagingc1670 vulturine1721 predal1737 depredatory1771 spoliatory1790 predatorial1791 plunderous1797 spoliating1840 accipitral1842 despoiling1859 spoliative1875 predative1920 prehensile1927 1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. i. 17 The despoiling hands of the first reformers. extracted from despoilv. < n.c1374 as lemmas
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despoilingn.

> as lemmas