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单词 amaritude
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amarituden.

Brit. /əˈmarᵻtjuːd/, /əˈmarᵻtʃuːd/, U.S. /əˈmɛrəˌt(j)ud/
Forms: late Middle English amarytude, 1500s– amaritude.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French amaritude.
Etymology: < Middle French amaritude bitterness of feelings, emotional pain (13th cent. in Old French), bitterness of taste (a1432) < classical Latin amāritūdō bitterness of taste, bitterness of expression or feelings, harshness < amārus bitter (see amarous adj.) + -tūdō -tude suffix.Old French amaritude is a medieval borrowing < Latin; the direct descendant of the Latin word is Old French amertume, amartume bitterness of feelings (second half of the 12th cent.; Middle French, French amertume). Compare Spanish amaritud bitterness of feelings (c1422), bitterness of taste (1555).
1. Bitter feelings or sentiments; acrimony; resentment; (also) the quality of being bitter to the mind or feelings; distress; anguish. Somewhat rare and chiefly poetic in later use.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bitterness > [noun]
rancourc1380
nitrosity?a1425
sour cheerc1440
amaritude1490
fellc1494
rust?1507
stomach grief1553
virulencya1617
ranklea1632
embitteredness1643
embitterment1645
virulence1663
sharpness1673
virulentnessa1676
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > bitterness > [noun]
rancourc1380
bitterness1382
sour cheerc1440
amaritude1490
fellc1494
rust?1507
aloea1529
stomach?1553
stomach grief1553
virulencya1617
coloquintida1622
nitrosity1634
embitteredness1643
embitterment1645
virulence1663
sharpness1673
virulentnessa1676
acerbation1793
1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xxvi. sig. G.ijv Thou haste absorbed me & reclosed in the grete see of amarytude [Fr. amaritude].
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. To King To restore health to all men, without which all dulcor, & pleasantnes of our life is nothinge els then amaritude, and Gaule.
1671 T. Harby What is Truth (new ed.) vii. 188 Those that..are apt to conceive a prejudicious amaritude..against those that would (by undenyable eviction of reason) convince them of their errors.
1781 Gibbons's Mourning Saint among Willows (new ed.) xlv. 64 The former reflection had its sweetness, but this hath its amaritude.
1843 C. C. Pise Aletheia xl. 161 He must necessarily repent, in the amaritude of his heart, for his transgressions.
1920 J. Hebblethwaite Poems 74 Hunting echoes rise from the far bounds, Amaritude of exile in the sounds.
2007 Amer. Poetry Rev. 36 38 Play to me, violin, of the amaritude we both know.
2. The quality of being bitter to the taste; bitter taste or flavour. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > bitterness or acridity
gallc1175
smartnessa1425
rhubarba1529
acrimony1542
acridity1547
amaritude1599
acerbity1608
acrity1619
asperity1620
acritude1650
acridness1702
bitterishness1702
crabbedness1715
acerbitude1727
amarulence1727
bitterness-
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 18/1 Adde thervnto a little Suger, that heereby the amaritude [Ger. bitterkeit] may somewhat be diminished.
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxvi. 124 What amaritude (bitterness) or acrimony (sharpness) is deprehended in Choler.
1835 G. T. Burnett Outl. Bot. II. 885 The amaritude of Quassia is supposed to depend upon a substance called emphatically the bitter principle.
1870 E. P. Hingston Genial Showman 20/1 How properly to ‘frost’ the rim of the glass with pulverized sugar, so that sweetness should precede amaritude.
1911 F. B. Rebman tr. F. X. Gouraud What shall I eat? 251 Chicory has a certain bitter by-taste which enhances its aperient and stimulating virtues. This amaritude is still more pronounced in the endive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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