单词 | minished |
释义 | minishedadj. Now rare and archaic (chiefly poetic). Diminished; made less in size, number, or degree; reduced in power.In quot. 1622: (of a coin) reduced by clipping or sweating. Cf. diminish v. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > mutilating coin > [adjective] rounged1532 minished1590 sheared1616 detrited1697 washed1711 clipped1719 sweated1869 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > reduced in size or extent minished1590 narrowed1599 diminished1607 shorn1853 ensmalled1857 reduced1880 Sanforized1968 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased diminutec1475 suppeditate?1526 lessened1565 minished1590 declined1591 reduced1591 bated1600 contracted1603 waneda1616 mute1627 shrivelleda1631 refracted1635 imminutea1681 retrenched1693 lowered1730 diminished1745 subdued1785 dwindled1796 depressed1831 shrunken1873 downrated1958 whittled-down1961 pared-down1974 slim-down1978 slimmed-down1978 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L5 The paw yett missed not his minisht might. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 215 In making all clipped, minished, or impaired Coines of Siluer, not to bee currant in payments. 1774 W. H. Roberts Judah Restored I. iii. 88 Pestilence destroy'd their minish'd tribes. a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus iii, in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) I. 60/2 His minish'd will and mutilated wing, Depriv'd his heart of pow'r. 1893 G. Macdonald Poet. Wks. II. 260 I know not whether there is power in sleep To dim the eyelids of the shining moon, But so it seemed... She from the cloud's thick web a second time Made many shadows, though with minished beams. 1938 S. Smith Tender only to One 74 Consider, Lord, a tiger's melancholy And heed a minished tiger's muted moan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1590 |
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