macilentadj.

Brit.

/ˈmasᵻl(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈmæsələnt/

Forms: late Middle English macillent, late Middle English– macilent, 1500s–1600s macilente.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin macilentus.

Etymology: < classical Latin macilentus lean < maciēs leanness (see macies n.) + -lentus -lent suffix. Compare Middle French maxillent (1495), macillent, macilent (both early 16th cent.).

Now rare.

1. Esp. of the body: lean, shrivelled, thin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin

leanc1000

thinc1000

swonga1300

meagrea1398

empty?c1400

(as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405

macilent?a1425

rawc1425

gauntc1440

to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450

leany?a1475

swampc1480

scarrya1500

pinched1514

extenuate1528

lean-fleshed1535

carrion-lean1542

spare1548

lank1553

carrion1565

brawn-fallen1578

raw-bone1590

scraggeda1591

thin-bellied1591

rake-lean1593

bare-boned1594

forlorn1594

Lented1594

lean-looked1597

shotten herring1598

spiny1598

starved1598

thin-belly1598

raw-boned1600

larbar1603

meagry?1603

fleshless1605

scraggy1611

ballow1612

lank-leana1616

skinnya1616

hagged1616

scraggling1616

carrion-like1620

extenuated1620

thin-gutted1620

haggard1630

scrannel1638

leanisha1645

skeletontal1651

overlean1657

emaciated1665

slank1668

lathy1672

emaciate1676

nithered1691

emacerated1704

lean-looking1713

scranky1735

squinny-gut(s)1742

mauger1756

squinny1784

angular1789

etiolated1791

as thin (also lean) as a rail1795

wiry1808

slink1817

scranny1820

famine-hollowed1822

sharp featured1824

reedy1830

scrawny1833

stringy1833

lean-ribbeda1845

skeletony1852

famine-pinched1856

shelly1866

flesh-fallen1876

thinnish1884

all horn and hide1890

unfurnished1893

bone-thin1899

underweight1899

asthenic1925

skin-and-bony1935

skinny-malinky1940

skeletal1952

pencil-neck1960

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 153^v Þey þat haue strong vertuez, grete veynez, & brode habitude, not mych macillent, i. lene or megre.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 512 With sic abundance of exceidand sweit, His cumlie cors..lene wes maid, and macilent.

c1600 Timon (1980) iii. iv. 47 Dost thou not knowe Leane macilente Grunnio?

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 231 If they [sc. goats] be fat, they are lesse venerous then being macilent or leane.

1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clxxvi. 747 Other Significators represent a body somewhat dry, macilent, erect and straight.

1683 W. Harris Pharmacologia xiv. 260 By reason of the exanguious macilent condition of the Junctures after Feavers.

1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Macilent.

1865 Reader 28 Jan. 93/2 George I. seated at supper with the tall, macilent, and ill-favoured Duchess of Kendal standing bolt upright behind him.

1871 M. Collins Inn of Strange Meetings 4 Not Mephistophiles is macilenter Than the man.

1907 Blackwood's Mag. May 602/2 The macilent monotony of the building had depressed him.

†2. figurative. Lacking in substance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective]

feeblec1400

colourlessc1425

flagging1540

pithless1555

blanched1570

toothless1592

unpointed1604

unsinewed1604

jejune1615

low-pitched1622

unsinewy?1623

macilent1624

flaccid1647

insinewy1653

unsubstanceda1658

incogent1667

pointless1673

languida1677

enervatea1704

unaccentuated1716

unnervate1725

lank1729

unforcible1754

nerveless1763

weak1771

flabby1793

slip-slop1814

tinkling1822

exsanguinea1834

twittery1840

slipshod1842

under-coloured1870

shaftless1881

thin1890

unaccented1893

wimpish1925

wimp1979

1624 R. Montagu Gagg for Gospell? 252 That jejune and macilent conceit of Zwinglius.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 898 Balm: concerning which Macer sang these macilent verses.

1702 J. Howe Living Temple ii. xi, in Wks. (1724) I. 240 So copious an effusion of the Holy Spirit, as will..make it spring up, out of its macilent wither'd State, into its primitive Liveliness and Beauty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macilent
释义	macilentadj. Brit. /ˈmasᵻl(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈmæsələnt/ Forms: late Middle English macillent, late Middle English– macilent, 1500s–1600s macilente. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin macilentus. Etymology: < classical Latin macilentus lean < maciēs leanness (see macies n.) + -lentus -lent suffix. Compare Middle French maxillent (1495), macillent, macilent (both early 16th cent.). Now rare. 1. Esp. of the body: lean, shrivelled, thin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin leanc1000 thinc1000 swonga1300 meagrea1398 empty?c1400 (as) thin (also lean, rank) as a rakec1405 macilent?a1425 rawc1425 gauntc1440 to be skin and bone (also bones)c1450 leany?a1475 swampc1480 scarrya1500 pinched1514 extenuate1528 lean-fleshed1535 carrion-lean1542 spare1548 lank1553 carrion1565 brawn-fallen1578 raw-bone1590 scraggeda1591 thin-bellied1591 rake-lean1593 bare-boned1594 forlorn1594 Lented1594 lean-looked1597 shotten herring1598 spiny1598 starved1598 thin-belly1598 raw-boned1600 larbar1603 meagry?1603 fleshless1605 scraggy1611 ballow1612 lank-leana1616 skinnya1616 hagged1616 scraggling1616 carrion-like1620 extenuated1620 thin-gutted1620 haggard1630 scrannel1638 leanisha1645 skeletontal1651 overlean1657 emaciated1665 slank1668 lathy1672 emaciate1676 nithered1691 emacerated1704 lean-looking1713 scranky1735 squinny-gut(s)1742 mauger1756 squinny1784 angular1789 etiolated1791 as thin (also lean) as a rail1795 wiry1808 slink1817 scranny1820 famine-hollowed1822 sharp featured1824 reedy1830 scrawny1833 stringy1833 lean-ribbeda1845 skeletony1852 famine-pinched1856 shelly1866 flesh-fallen1876 thinnish1884 all horn and hide1890 unfurnished1893 bone-thin1899 underweight1899 asthenic1925 skin-and-bony1935 skinny-malinky1940 skeletal1952 pencil-neck1960 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 153^v Þey þat haue strong vertuez, grete veynez, & brode habitude, not mych macillent, i. lene or megre. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 512 With sic abundance of exceidand sweit, His cumlie cors..lene wes maid, and macilent. c1600 Timon (1980) iii. iv. 47 Dost thou not knowe Leane macilente Grunnio? 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 231 If they [sc. goats] be fat, they are lesse venerous then being macilent or leane. 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. clxxvi. 747 Other Significators represent a body somewhat dry, macilent, erect and straight. 1683 W. Harris Pharmacologia xiv. 260 By reason of the exanguious macilent condition of the Junctures after Feavers. 1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Macilent. 1865 Reader 28 Jan. 93/2 George I. seated at supper with the tall, macilent, and ill-favoured Duchess of Kendal standing bolt upright behind him. 1871 M. Collins Inn of Strange Meetings 4 Not Mephistophiles is macilenter Than the man. 1907 Blackwood's Mag. May 602/2 The macilent monotony of the building had depressed him. †2. figurative. Lacking in substance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] feeblec1400 colourlessc1425 flagging1540 pithless1555 blanched1570 toothless1592 unpointed1604 unsinewed1604 jejune1615 low-pitched1622 unsinewy?1623 macilent1624 flaccid1647 insinewy1653 unsubstanceda1658 incogent1667 pointless1673 languida1677 enervatea1704 unaccentuated1716 unnervate1725 lank1729 unforcible1754 nerveless1763 weak1771 flabby1793 slip-slop1814 tinkling1822 exsanguinea1834 twittery1840 slipshod1842 under-coloured1870 shaftless1881 thin1890 unaccented1893 wimpish1925 wimp1979 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for Gospell? 252 That jejune and macilent conceit of Zwinglius. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 898 Balm: concerning which Macer sang these macilent verses. 1702 J. Howe Living Temple ii. xi, in Wks. (1724) I. 240 So copious an effusion of the Holy Spirit, as will..make it spring up, out of its macilent wither'd State, into its primitive Liveliness and Beauty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425
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