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单词 dungeoned
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dungeonedadj.

Brit. /ˈdʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nd/, U.S. /ˈdəndʒ(ə)nd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dungeon v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < dungeon v. + -ed suffix1.
Chiefly literary and poetic. Now archaic.
Confined in a dungeon; imprisoned. Frequently figurative.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adjective] > imprisoned > in a dungeon
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1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 4) 528 The prisoner that is allowed to walke abroad though with his keeper, is not so miserable as the dungeon'd.
1648 J. Owen Eben-ezer i. 23 The dolefull cry of all..dying martyrs,..wildernesse-wandring Saints, dungeoned believers.
1772 S. Whyte Shamrock 479 Night,..When ravening Wolves to covert fly; And dungeon'd Slaves forget their Woes.
1795 T. Morton Zorinski ii. i. 30 Drag not..the dungeon'd wretch before the orb of day.
1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 14 Apr. 407 I see an intimation that some of the Dungeoned people are to be released.
1896 Independent (N.Y.) 21 May 1/1 In some dim reach of thine own soul Dungeoned Ambition clanks his hopeless chains.
1943 Poet Lore Winter 321 Shout in echoing thunders at the rape of freedom, and the dungeoned souls of men!
1998 A. McCarten Spinners (2000) i. 7 A dungeoned loon in manacles pleading for royal justice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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