† offendiclen.

Forms: Middle English offendikel, Middle English offendycule, 1500s offendickle, 1500s offendicle.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French offendicule; Latin offendiculum.

Etymology: < Middle French offendicule (c1340), offendicle (15th cent.) obstacle, stumbling-block and its etymon classical Latin offendiculum < offendere offend v. + -culum -culum suffix (compare -cle suffix, -cule suffix).

Obsolete.

A stumbling block; something that causes spiritual stumbling; a cause of offence; an occasion of sin or spiritual difficulty. without offendicle: (of a conscience) clear.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun] > occasion of or stumbling block

offendiclec1400

offencec1475

scandal1582

skandalon1945

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > to belief or understanding

offendiclec1400

stumbling-block1594

sticking point1732

c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: Deeds (Selwyn) (1904) xxiv. 16 I studye forto haue conscience to God euermore ande to men alsso wiþouten offendikel [c1384 Douce 369(2) hirtyng; L. offendiculo].

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Rom. xiv. 13 More þat deme ȝee, þat ȝee ne sette offendycule [c1384 E.V. hurtynge; L. offendiculum] or sclaundyr to ȝoure broþer.

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (viii.) f. 126 In the middis of these affliccions and offendicles.

a1564 T. Becon Demands Holy Script. (1844) 610 What is a slander, to offend, or to be offendicle to any man?

?1573 Abp. M. Parker Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 454 I am a principal party, and an offendicle to him.

1577 J. Ludham tr. A. Hyperius Pract. Preaching ii. iii. f.89^v Such an offendicle..is noted by the Metonimye of a sworde bringinge sorowe with it.

1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 79 Blind-folding their eyes to make them fall Into a thousand helles and offendickles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	offendicle
释义	† offendiclen. Forms: Middle English offendikel, Middle English offendycule, 1500s offendickle, 1500s offendicle. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French offendicule; Latin offendiculum. Etymology: < Middle French offendicule (c1340), offendicle (15th cent.) obstacle, stumbling-block and its etymon classical Latin offendiculum < offendere offend v. + -culum -culum suffix (compare -cle suffix, -cule suffix). Obsolete. A stumbling block; something that causes spiritual stumbling; a cause of offence; an occasion of sin or spiritual difficulty. without offendicle: (of a conscience) clear. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun] > occasion of or stumbling block offendiclec1400 offencec1475 scandal1582 skandalon1945 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > to belief or understanding offendiclec1400 stumbling-block1594 sticking point1732 c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: Deeds (Selwyn) (1904) xxiv. 16 I studye forto haue conscience to God euermore ande to men alsso wiþouten offendikel [c1384 Douce 369(2) hirtyng; L. offendiculo]. a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Rom. xiv. 13 More þat deme ȝee, þat ȝee ne sette offendycule [c1384 E.V. hurtynge; L. offendiculum] or sclaundyr to ȝoure broþer. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (viii.) f. 126 In the middis of these affliccions and offendicles. a1564 T. Becon Demands Holy Script. (1844) 610 What is a slander, to offend, or to be offendicle to any man? ?1573 Abp. M. Parker Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 454 I am a principal party, and an offendicle to him. 1577 J. Ludham tr. A. Hyperius Pract. Preaching ii. iii. f.89^v Such an offendicle..is noted by the Metonimye of a sworde bringinge sorowe with it. 1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 79 Blind-folding their eyes to make them fall Into a thousand helles and offendickles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1400
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