murderousnessn.

Brit.

/ˈməːd(ə)rəsnəs/, U.S.

/ˈmərd(ə)rəsnəs/

Forms: see murderous adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: murderous adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < murderous adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being murderous; inclination to murder; murderous behaviour. Also figurative.

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the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > [noun] > murderous quality

murderousnessa1639

a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxix. 133 Take heede of these vices, Envy, murderousnesse, hard-heartednesse, cruelty.

1844 L. Hunt Poems 163 Some, whom feeble love's excess, Through terror, tempts to murderousness.

1870 New Atlantic Monthly Dec. 762 The murderousness of those assassins!—it made one's blood run cold.

1927 Observer 31 July 5/2 The murderousness of life in a scout squadron—the torture of nerves into which months of it could throw a young man.

1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 Dec. 23/1 Lies of Silence does not succeed in catching..the precise shade of murderousness that has broken out at intervals..in Ireland.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	murderousness
释义	murderousnessn. Brit. /ˈməːd(ə)rəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈmərd(ə)rəsnəs/ Forms: see murderous adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: murderous adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < murderous adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being murderous; inclination to murder; murderous behaviour. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > [noun] > murderous quality murderousnessa1639 a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxix. 133 Take heede of these vices, Envy, murderousnesse, hard-heartednesse, cruelty. 1844 L. Hunt Poems 163 Some, whom feeble love's excess, Through terror, tempts to murderousness. 1870 New Atlantic Monthly Dec. 762 The murderousness of those assassins!—it made one's blood run cold. 1927 Observer 31 July 5/2 The murderousness of life in a scout squadron—the torture of nerves into which months of it could throw a young man. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 Dec. 23/1 Lies of Silence does not succeed in catching..the precise shade of murderousness that has broken out at intervals..in Ireland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1639
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