† ossementsn.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ossements.

Etymology: < French ossements (plural) bones, especially of the dead (13th cent. in Old French; 1170 in singular in sense ‘skeleton’) < post-classical Latin ossamenta (1209, 1419 in British sources, 13th cent. in a continental source), plural of ossamentum < classical Latin oss- , os bone (see os n.¹) + -mentum -ment suffix. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation of the plural as (ǫ·smĕnts) /ˈɒsmənts/.

Obsolete. rare.

The bones of the dead; bones from which the flesh has been stripped.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > types of bones > [noun] > of the dead

ossements1842

1842 I. Taylor Anc. Christianity II. 263 It [sc. blood] had been poured upon these ossements, which were afterwards covered with earth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	ossements
释义	† ossementsn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ossements. Etymology: < French ossements (plural) bones, especially of the dead (13th cent. in Old French; 1170 in singular in sense ‘skeleton’) < post-classical Latin ossamenta (1209, 1419 in British sources, 13th cent. in a continental source), plural of ossamentum < classical Latin oss- , os bone (see os n.¹) + -mentum -ment suffix. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation of the plural as (ǫ·smĕnts) /ˈɒsmənts/. Obsolete. rare. The bones of the dead; bones from which the flesh has been stripped. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > types of bones > [noun] > of the dead ossements1842 1842 I. Taylor Anc. Christianity II. 263 It [sc. blood] had been poured upon these ossements, which were afterwards covered with earth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1842
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