batteredadj.
/ˈbatəd/ Bruised and shattered by repeated blows; worn and defaced by rough or hard usage, the chances of time, etc. Often figurative.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn
attrite?a1475
worn1508
fretted1545
battered1593
trite1601
obsolete1611
obtrite1656
attrited1691
eroded1741
worn-down1814
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Biij Ouer my Altars hath he hong his launce, His battred shield. View more context for this quotation
1680 London Gaz. No. 1538/4 A Brown Bay Nag..his Feet somewhat battered.
1700 H. Maundrell Let. in Journey to Jerusalem (1703) sig. T3 Old batter'd Horses.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 148 The battered rake..has exhausted all his health.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ii. 76 And pours destruction o'er its batter'd walls.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. liii. 93 The sexton's spade gets worn and battered.
Compounds
battered baby n. an infant exhibiting symptoms (the battered baby syndrome) resulting from repeated injuries inflicted upon it over a period.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > symptoms exhibited by battered baby
battered baby syndrome1963
the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun] > exhibiting signs of abuse
battered baby1963
the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > symptoms exhibited by battered baby > baby exhibiting
battered baby1963
1962 C. H. Kempe et al. in Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 7 July 17/1 The battered-child syndrome is a term used by us to characterize a clinical condition in young children who have received serious physical abuse, generally from a parent or foster parent.]
1963 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Dec. 1558 (heading) Multiple epiphysial injuries in babies (‘battered baby’ syndrome).
1963 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Dec. 1560/1 The x-ray changes in the ‘battered baby’ are..like those often described in infantile scurvy.
battered wife n. a woman who has been repeatedly injured or otherwise ill-treated by her partner.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > wife ill-treated by partner
battered wife1973
1973 Nursing Times 14 June 777/1 Erin Pizzey is always hot under the collar about the lack of help a battered wife can get.
1980 Ld. Denning Due Process of Law vii. iv. 224 By a short Act entitled the Domestic Violence Act 1976 it [sc. Parliament] enabled the County Courts to grant injunctions to protect a ‘battered wife’ even though the house was in the husband's sole name.
battered woman n.
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1973 Times 14 June 2/4 A voluntarily run centre that shelters battered women and their children seeking refuge from brutality by the man of the household is preparing a report.
1976 Spare Rib Oct. 22/4 The only refuge for battered women in the area is threatened with closure.
1985 New Jersey Rep. 97 187 The central issue before us is whether expert testimony about the battered-woman's syndrome is admissable to help establish a claim of self-defense in a homicide case.
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