home-thrustadj.

Brit.

/ˈhəʊmθrʌst/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊmˌθrəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home adv., thrust adj.

Etymology: < home adv. + thrust adj. Compare slightly earlier home-thrusting adj. and slightly later home thrust n.

Now rare.

Esp. of speech: that strikes home; that reaches its intended target.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > that reaches its mark

home-thrust?1611

the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > greatly > producing great effect

strongeOE

violenta1393

lusty1576

powerful1588

home-thrusting1604

potent1609

home-thrust1738

telling1819

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads vii. 62 If he with home-thrust iron can reach the exposure of my life.

1738 H. Heugh Lett. to Ebenezer Erskine 22 The home-thrust Dagger of Testimony into the Guts of a corrupt Kirk, in Times of Defection, brings out much Dirt.

?1774 Ess. Proper Suppl. Baratariana II. xliii. 209 A Philipic oration, published against the mischievous proceedings of an Attorney General, might make black work, especially should he set about anatomizing any suspicious or home-thrust paragraph.

1835 Gardener's Mag. Nov. 560 A fleeting honour may sometimes be obtained by artfully evading the force of a home-thrust argument.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 168 His plain, homethrust speech had wrought the multitude to what he would.

1900 Brahmavâdin Nov. 2 This home-thrust advice awoke the man from his folly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	home-thrust
释义	home-thrustadj. Brit. /ˈhəʊmθrʌst/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌθrəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home adv., thrust adj. Etymology: < home adv. + thrust adj. Compare slightly earlier home-thrusting adj. and slightly later home thrust n. Now rare. Esp. of speech: that strikes home; that reaches its intended target. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adjective] > that reaches its mark home-thrust?1611 the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > greatly > producing great effect strongeOE violenta1393 lusty1576 powerful1588 home-thrusting1604 potent1609 home-thrust1738 telling1819 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads vii. 62 If he with home-thrust iron can reach the exposure of my life. 1738 H. Heugh Lett. to Ebenezer Erskine 22 The home-thrust Dagger of Testimony into the Guts of a corrupt Kirk, in Times of Defection, brings out much Dirt. ?1774 Ess. Proper Suppl. Baratariana II. xliii. 209 A Philipic oration, published against the mischievous proceedings of an Attorney General, might make black work, especially should he set about anatomizing any suspicious or home-thrust paragraph. 1835 Gardener's Mag. Nov. 560 A fleeting honour may sometimes be obtained by artfully evading the force of a home-thrust argument. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 168 His plain, homethrust speech had wrought the multitude to what he would. 1900 Brahmavâdin Nov. 2 This home-thrust advice awoke the man from his folly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1611
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