单词 | funestation |
释义 | funestationn. rare. Defilement, pollution, esp. through contact with a dead body. Cf. funestate v. ΚΠ a1626 A. Lake Serm. (1629) iii. 37 The Ciuill Law calleth it a funestation of a mans selfe. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Funestation, pollution by touching a dead body. 1990 N. Carroll Philos. Horror i. 28 The third criterion about the desire to avoid physical contact—which may be rooted in the fear of funestation—seems generally accurate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1626 |
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