单词 | duellism |
释义 | duellismduelismn. Now rare. The practice of engaging in duels (in various senses).In quot. ?1608: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition match1531 goala1555 vie1568 skirmish1576 rencounter1594 drop-vie1598 duellism1602 duello1606 bout1609 duel1613 competition1618 matcha1637 tournament1638 contest1648 rencontre1667 pingle?1719 sprawla1813 go1823 bet1843 bucklea1849 comp1929 cook-off1936 title race1948 1602 J. Manningham Diary 13 Feb. (1976) 190 He spake against duellisme, or single combat, and said that yf two goe into the field with purpose to fight, an the one be slayne, he is a murderour of himselfe. ?1608 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 36 Those single Duellisms, between Rome and England. 1770 J. Andrews Acct. Char. & Manners French I. xxv. 216 The military Men..a large proportion of whom are protest [sic] Adherents to Duellism. 1794 J. Stewart Second Peal Tocsin Britannia 25 These good productive evils, duellism and pugilism, if controuled by wise laws, would form the most powerful springs of the social machine. 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude viii. 161 Public opinion..has disarmed duellism. 1873 Star 28 Jan. 4/7 And then those Burschenschaften..whose avowed object is to promote and glorify puerile duellism. 1923 E. S. Bogardus Essent. Social Psychol. (ed. 4) vi. 222 Conflict is the best way to settle the duelism between opposing social forces. 1999 Columbia Law Rev. 99 1908 (title) Duellism in modern American jurisprudence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602 |
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