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单词 periclitation
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periclitationn.

Forms: 1500s periclitacion, 1500s periclitatione, 1600s 1800s periclitation.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin perīclitātiōn-, perīclitātiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin perīclitātiōn-, perīclitātiō experiment, test, in post-classical Latin also peril, danger (from 10th cent. in British sources), shipwreck (1342 in a British source) < perīclitāt- , past participial stem of perīclitārī periclitate v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Middle French, French périclitation shipwreck (1390 as pereclitation ), ruin, loss (1486), condition of being in danger (1838). Compare slightly earlier periclitate adj. and later periclitate v.
Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).
1. The action of exposing a person or thing to danger; the condition of being exposed to danger; danger, hazard, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun]
plighteOE
hauhtc1200
peril?c1225
wothea1300
werea1325
jeopardyc1374
menacea1400
thronga1400
jeopardc1400
unplighta1425
dangering1488
danger1490
periclitation1527
trance1588
apperila1616
periclitancy1650
imperilment1843
1527 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 585 To the danger and periclitacion of Cristes feithe.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 49/1 It may without anye periclitatione be administrede to them.
1655 Speech Charles I to Parl. 1625 in H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 10 Your own periclitation necessitates an early resolution.
1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 316 Corporal maladies, which are accompanied with great periclitation.
2. An experiment, esp. one involving risk; a trial, a venture.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > an experiment
experiencec1384
adventurec1405
conclusion1430
experiment1594
essay1605
specimen1610
tentative1632
periclitation1658
tentamen1673
say-hand1712
try-out1903
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Periclitation, (lat.) an adventuring, hazarding, or endangering.
1670 E. Maynwaring Pharmacopœian Physician's Repos. (new ed.) 81 This Prescription..is grounded upon some former periclitations.
1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 227 During his social and financial periclitations in a region wholly inconceivable to her.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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