numbingn.

Brit.

/ˈnʌmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnəmɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s–1600s numming, 1800s– numbing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: numb adj., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < numb adj. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later numb v.

The process of making or becoming numb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > rendering physically insensible

benumbing1552

numbing1566

stounding1637

benumbment1817

toponarcosis1860

insensibilization1897

zombification1968

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Jij^v Not Phebus flaminge brande, Nor greuouse numming [misprinted mumming] could that maks The chillyng sentelesse [sic] hande.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 363 A flock of Muttons..(Whose freeze-clad bodies feele not Winters numming).

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xiv. 292 By the numbing of the single nerve of audition.

1970 M. McLuhan Let. 15 Dec. (1987) 417 All media whatever are environmental clichés. The effect of such surrounds is narcosis or numbing.

1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) p. i/5 Peripheral anaesthesia, or a numbing of the hands and feet.

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

numbingadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnəmɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s–1700s numming, 1600s– numbing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: numb adj., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < numb adj. + -ing suffix². Compare slightly later numb v.

That numbs, or induces numbness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > rendering physically insensible

senseless1579

numbing1581

numb-cold1597

astonishing1617

benumbing1628

deading1647

bedeading1656

torporific1769

sopient1804

deadening1805

torpefying1822

1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 58^v Whose hoary and frosty face With numming cold abandons all inhabitors the place.

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. v. sig. H4 Oh what a numming feare Strikes a cold palsey through my trembling blood.

1637 J. Milton Comus 29 She can unlocke The clasping charme, and thaw the numming spell.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O6 Nor Israel lost in dull lethargie Must listlesse lie, while numbing streams do steep.

1706 S. Garth Dispensary (ed. 6) i. 6 The Poppy and each numming Plant dispense Their drowzy Virtue.

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vii. 324 His slacken'd Knees receiv'd the numbing Stroke.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 267 The numbing quality, which has acquired them the name of the torpedo.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xii. 316 Thalaba with numbing force Smites his raised arm, and rushes by.

1845 W. G. Simms Wigwam & Cabin 1st Ser. 18 This fatigue was so numbing as to be painful, and effectually kept him from any sleep.

1885 Athenæum 23 May 658/3 The numbing effect of sixth forms and university honours.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 3/1 What does liberty mean to the Turks? It means many things; chiefly, the lifting of a great weight of numbing fear.

1943 A. MacLeish Let. 23 Nov. (1983) 321 It interests me to see how you have shaken off the sterilizing and numbing influence of Auden and the Audenists.

1988 J. Heller Picture This i. 13 Socrates..had swallowed his cup of poison and felt the numbing effects steal up through his groin into his torso.

Compounds

† numbing eel n. Obsolete the electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, of South America.

ΚΠ

1794 ‘P. Pindar’ Celebration in Wks. (1816) III. 8 Th' electric shock..a man upon the black-brow'd rock Has oft experienc'd from the numbing eel.

† numbing fish n. Obsolete = numbfish n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Torpedinidae (electric ray)

torpedo?1527

cramp-fish1591

numbfish1711

numbing fish1748

cramp-ray1769

electric ray1774

torpedo-ray1804

torpedo-fish1825

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xii. 266 We here..met with that extraordinary fish called the Torpedo, or numbing fish.

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

单词	numbing
释义	numbingn. Brit. /ˈnʌmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnəmɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s–1600s numming, 1800s– numbing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: numb adj., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < numb adj. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later numb v. The process of making or becoming numb. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > rendering physically insensible benumbing1552 numbing1566 stounding1637 benumbment1817 toponarcosis1860 insensibilization1897 zombification1968 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Jij^v Not Phebus flaminge brande, Nor greuouse numming [misprinted mumming] could that maks The chillyng sentelesse [sic] hande. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 363 A flock of Muttons..(Whose freeze-clad bodies feele not Winters numming). 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xiv. 292 By the numbing of the single nerve of audition. 1970 M. McLuhan Let. 15 Dec. (1987) 417 All media whatever are environmental clichés. The effect of such surrounds is narcosis or numbing. 1992 Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) 6 Sept. (New Delhi ed.) (Colour Mag.) p. i/5 Peripheral anaesthesia, or a numbing of the hands and feet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). numbingadj. Brit. /ˈnʌmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnəmɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s–1700s numming, 1600s– numbing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: numb adj., -ing suffix². Etymology: < numb adj. + -ing suffix². Compare slightly later numb v. That numbs, or induces numbness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > rendering physically insensible senseless1579 numbing1581 numb-cold1597 astonishing1617 benumbing1628 deading1647 bedeading1656 torporific1769 sopient1804 deadening1805 torpefying1822 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 58^v Whose hoary and frosty face With numming cold abandons all inhabitors the place. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. v. sig. H4 Oh what a numming feare Strikes a cold palsey through my trembling blood. 1637 J. Milton Comus 29 She can unlocke The clasping charme, and thaw the numming spell. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O6 Nor Israel lost in dull lethargie Must listlesse lie, while numbing streams do steep. 1706 S. Garth Dispensary (ed. 6) i. 6 The Poppy and each numming Plant dispense Their drowzy Virtue. 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vii. 324 His slacken'd Knees receiv'd the numbing Stroke. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 267 The numbing quality, which has acquired them the name of the torpedo. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. xii. 316 Thalaba with numbing force Smites his raised arm, and rushes by. 1845 W. G. Simms Wigwam & Cabin 1st Ser. 18 This fatigue was so numbing as to be painful, and effectually kept him from any sleep. 1885 Athenæum 23 May 658/3 The numbing effect of sixth forms and university honours. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 3/1 What does liberty mean to the Turks? It means many things; chiefly, the lifting of a great weight of numbing fear. 1943 A. MacLeish Let. 23 Nov. (1983) 321 It interests me to see how you have shaken off the sterilizing and numbing influence of Auden and the Audenists. 1988 J. Heller Picture This i. 13 Socrates..had swallowed his cup of poison and felt the numbing effects steal up through his groin into his torso. Compounds † numbing eel n. Obsolete the electric eel, Electrophorus electricus, of South America. ΚΠ 1794 ‘P. Pindar’ Celebration in Wks. (1816) III. 8 Th' electric shock..a man upon the black-brow'd rock Has oft experienc'd from the numbing eel. † numbing fish n. Obsolete = numbfish n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Torpedinidae (electric ray) torpedo?1527 cramp-fish1591 numbfish1711 numbing fish1748 cramp-ray1769 electric ray1774 torpedo-ray1804 torpedo-fish1825 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xii. 266 We here..met with that extraordinary fish called the Torpedo, or numbing fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566adj.1581
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