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单词 minished
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minishedadj.

Brit. /ˈmɪnɪʃt/, U.S. /ˈmɪnɪʃt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: minish v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < minish v. + -ed suffix1.
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.
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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).
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