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单词 abacination
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abacinationn.

Brit. /əˌbasᵻˈneɪʃn/, /əˌbasnˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /əˌbæsnˈeɪʃən/
Forms: 1800s abbasination, 1800s– abacination, 1800s– abbacination.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin abacinare , -ation suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin abacinare abacinate v. + -ation suffix. Compare Italian abbacinamento (1662). Compare earlier abacinate v.
The action of blinding a person by placing red-hot irons or reflective metal plates in front of the eyes; an instance of this. Also in extended use.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [noun] > putting out eyes
excecation1613
gouging1774
abacination1866
1866 Chambers's Jour. 261 Rendered the delinquent liable to abacination—blinding by means of red-hot irons held before the eyes.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 802/2 He lost his sight from having been subjected to the ancient punishment of ‘abbasination’.
1902 J. M. Ludlow Incentives for Life ix. 144 That blind general lost his sight by the process of abacination.
1948 E. MacColl Other Animals i. in Agit-prop to Theatre Workshop (1986) 134 The other, the small, nocturnal owl Avoiding abacination from the candle's gleam.
1981 G. Wolfe Sword of Lictor xxiv. 197 I, who had seen so many brandings and abacinations, and had even used the iron myself,..could scarcely force myself to go and look at him.
2002 G. Clingham Johnson, Writing, & Memory vi. 161 Gray, West,..and Young, all variously describing a narrative of symbolic flight and abacination.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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