单词 | necklaced |
释义 | necklacedadj. 1. That wears, or is encircled by, a necklace or something resembling a necklace. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounded > with or as with a necklace necklaced1732 1732 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Trag. ii. vi. 23 Ten thousand Load of Timber shall embrace Thy necklac'd Neck. a1794 Sir W. Jones (T.) The hooded and the necklaced snake. 1887 E. Arnold In Indian Temple in Lotus & Jewel 4 All the day You heard the necklaced jungle-dove Cooing low songs of ceaseless love. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iv. i. 322 Frey was a god of fruitfulness and sexuality. His necklaced sister was his genial counterpart. 2. Chiefly South African. That has been lynched or killed by means of the necklace. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > [adjective] > from burning necklaced1993 society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [adjective] > relating to lynching by necklace necklace1985 necklaced1993 1993 D. Beresford in Weekly Mail (Johannesburg) 29 Oct. 14 The charred body of a necklaced woman was found. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1732 |
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