单词 | discumbiture |
释义 | † discumbituren. Obsolete. The state of reclining or lying down; recumbent position or posture.The work referred to in quot. 1655 is actually titled Culpeper's Astrologicall Judgment of Diseases From the Decumbiture of the sick much Enlarged (see decumbiture n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [noun] lairc893 lying?c1225 reclination1556 discubation1641 discumbing1641 decumbence1646 decumbency1646 discumbency1646 recubation1646 recumbency1646 discumbiture1655 discubiture1656 discumbence1656 decubation1664 decumbiture1670 recumbence1670 decubitus1879 1655 Catal. Nath. Brooke sig. M4v, in R. Turner tr. Paracelsus Supreme Myst. Nature Culpepers Semiotica, or his Astrological Judgement of Diseases, much enlarged from the discumbiture of the sick. 1684 Vindic. Case Indifferent Things 39 It was required that discumbiture should be used in all Religious Feasts. 1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God ii. v. 82 This [sc. flesh] is a soft Bed of it self, and makes Discumbiture a delightful Posture. 1709 J. Edwards Preacher: Third Pt. 93 They had Degenerated from the Antients who used to Sit at their Feasts, whereas at that time they used Discumbiture. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Up 4. From a state of concealment or discumbiture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1655 |
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