单词 | discruciate |
释义 | † discruciatev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To torment, torture. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > cause anguish to or torment [verb (transitive)] quelmeOE eatc1000 martyrOE fretc1175 woundc1175 to-fret?c1225 gnawc1230 to-traya1250 torment1297 renda1333 anguish1340 grindc1350 wringc1374 debreakc1384 ofpinec1390 rivea1400 urn1488 reboil1528 whip1530 cruciate1532 pinch1548 spur-galla1555 agonize1570 rack1576 cut1582 excruciate1590 scorchc1595 discruciate1596 butcher1597 split1597 torture1598 lacerate1600 harrow1603 hell1614 to eat upa1616 arrow1628 martyrize1652 percruciate1656 tear1666 crucify1702 flay1782 wrench1798 kill1800 to cut up1843 1596 T. Lodge Prosopopeia sig. H3 Oh my sonne, how am I discruciate for thee. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 253 To discruciate and rack his thoughts with an insatiable desire of what he hath not. 1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose 702 They have been so discruciated with perplexities, in their Conflicts with the rage of Enemies. 1792 E. Bratten Let. 10 Oct. in A. D. Gaff Bayonets in Wilderness (2004) v. 76 I have received many bruises internally & am troubled, perplex'd & discruciated by pains in several other instances too numerous to intimate. 1834 Dublin Penny Jrnl. 1 Nov. 137/2 The wheels and springs of his vehicle would be very unceremoniously discruciated among the picturesque inequalities of the northern route. 2. transitive. To puzzle out, solve (a riddle). Cf. crux n. 3a.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > solution of puzzle, riddle, etc. > expound, solve [verb (transitive)] areadOE readOE expound1535 unriddlea1586 riddle me a riddle1588 to riddle forth1624 riddle1627 to riddle out1647 rede1725 discruciatea1745 redd1876 a1745 J. Swift To Sheridan in Wks. (1746) VIII. 456 Pray discruciate what follows. Derivatives discruciating adj. torturous, excruciating. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adjective] anguishous?c1225 wounding?c1225 asperc1374 derflya1400 rending?c1400 furiousc1405 fretting1413 piercingc1450 anguish1477 piquant1521 anguishing?1566 plaguing1566 asperous?1567 agonizing1570 tormenting1575 wringing1576 cutting1582 tormentous1583 tormentful1596 tormentuous1597 racking1598 torturous1600 lacerating1609 torturing1611 tearinga1616 heart-aching1620 breast-rending1625 crucifying1648 tormentative1654 martyring?a1656 tormentive1655 discruciating1658 cruciatory1660 anguishful1685 brain-racking1708 probing1749 agonized1793 anguished1803 harrowing1810 vulnerary1821 grinding1869 torturesome1889 wrenching1889 tortuous1922 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > relating to agony or torment > causing agony or torment sharpc1000 grievousc1290 smartc1300 fellc1330 unsufferablea1340 keena1375 poignantc1390 rending?c1400 furiousc1405 stoutc1425 unbearablec1449 agonizing1570 tormenting1575 cruciable1578 raging1590 tormentuous1597 pungent1598 racking1598 acute1615 wrenching1618 excruciating1664 grinding1681 excruciate1773 discruciating1788 unendurable1801 of bare sufferance1823 perialgic1893 1658 A. Jackson Annot. Eccles. iii. 27 in Annot. Old Test. Doctrinall Bks. That anxiety and discruciating care, wherewith men doe usually afflict themselves. 1666 E. Reynolds Serm. Westm. 7 Nov. 30 Discruciating Fears..impatient Hopes. 1788 Trifler No. 25. 323 It dimoves every discruciating pain from the stomach. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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