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单词 obtruncate
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obtruncateadj.

Brit. /əbˈtrʌŋkeɪt/, /ɒbˈtrʌŋkeɪt/, U.S. /ɑbˈtrəŋˌkeɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obtruncātus.
Etymology: < classical Latin obtruncātus, past participle of obtruncāre obtruncate v.
rare.
Cut short, truncated.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [adjective]
maimed1340
remuled1481
mutilate1525
dismembered1552
trunked1552
martyred1567
bodiless1587
limbless1594
mutilated1598
memberless1611
maim1653
concised1660
dislimbed1662
truncated1731
obtruncate1805
lop-limbed1809
decurtate1859
1805 London Cries 34 Those props, on which the knees obtruncate stand, That crutch ill-wielded in the widow'd hand.
1913 C. J. Brennan Droning Tram in Poems v The plain obtruncate chancel heaves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

obtruncatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obtruncāt-, obtruncāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin obtruncāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix3) of obtruncāre to cut or lop off the head or top of < ob- ob- prefix + truncāre truncate v. Compare Middle French obtrunquer to kill, slaughter (1546). N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ̆btrɒ·ŋkeit) /əbˈtrʌŋkeɪt/.
Obsolete.
transitive. To cut or lop off the head or top of; to decapitate. Also figurative.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > the top or front part
poll1577
behead1579
obtruncate1599
decapitate1776
1599 1st Bk. 1st Preserv. Henry VII Bluddy Polymnestor (which of gould was so desirus) Beastly did obtruncate Priamus sonne, young Polidorus.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Obtruncate, to cut off ones head.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Mmm The Female [sc. Viper], satiated with..pleasure, obtruncates the Male.
1885 S. Thelwall tr. Tertullian On Modesty (1994) i. 75/1 The same fate might befall those, too, who obtruncate the pure and true integrity of the flesh.

Derivatives

obtruncated adj.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > lack of height > [adjective] > made low(er) > by cutting down
obtruncated1762
razeed1821
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. iii. 28 The proudest pyramid of them all..has lost its apex, and stands obtruncated in the traveller's horizon.
1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 66 Rustic chairs..ponderously fashioned out of the stumps of obtruncated trees.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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