单词 | massacrous |
释义 | massacrousadj. Now rare. Of or relating to a massacre; murderous. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1593 |
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