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单词 massacrous
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massacrousadj.

Brit. /ˈmasəkrəs/, U.S. /ˈmæsəkrəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: massacre n., -ous suffix.
Etymology: < massacre n. + -ous suffix.
Now rare.
Of or relating to a massacre; murderous. Also in extended use.
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the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [adjective]
butcherly1528
butcherlike1555
butchering1574
butcherous1575
massacring1585
slaughtering?1592
massacrous1593
butchery1626
carnificial1632
internecine1642
murdering1667
carnificine1681
genocidal1948
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 155 In his impetuous, and massacrous sallyes.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 31v The massacrous monstrousnesse of thys quick Marshall-law.
1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 114v What massacrous, and impious thoughts, had..anchred in his bosom.
1796 E. Jerningham Peace, Ignominy & Destruction 11 With horror's deep'ning dye so early stain'd, In massacrous employ so early train'd, Will they not terrify the future day?
1966 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (U.S. rev. ed.) ix. 178 The massacrous revisions and rewritings, and new revisions, of the very lines in which I am taking two hours now to describe a two-minute run of his flawless handwriting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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