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单词 plagued
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plaguedadj.adv.

Brit. /pleɪɡd/, U.S. /pleɪɡd/
Forms: 1500s– plagued; U.S. regional 1800s– plegged; Scottish pre-1700 1800s plagit, 1700s– plagued, 1800s plaguetest (superlative).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plague v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < plague v. + -ed suffix1. Compare earlier unplagued adj. With sense 2 compare earlier plaguey adj. 2.
1. Afflicted by or as if by a plague; tormented. Now frequently as the second element in compounds.In quot. 1680: infected with plague or pestilent disease.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adjective]
slatc1300
bested1303
forswonga1400
vexed1440
plagued1563
molested1580
bustled1602
grieved1627
travailed1644
over-troubled1646
harassed1693
baited1720
badgered1794
gêné1806
bedevilled1827
besieged1866
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > plague or pestilence > [adjective] > infected with
plagued1563
pestiferous1564
pestilential1568
plaguey1603
1563 R. Reynolds Foundacion of Rhetorike f. 35 Many haue sought to sette vp soche a monsterous state of regiment, a plagued common wealthe.
1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 31v Thay..Led me to deid with tormentis me slew..On lenth and breid my plagit persone drew.
1618 T. Bateson Second Set Madrigales xvii Haue all conspir'd to plague a plagued hart, alwaies careles of my carefull case.
1680 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Second Pt. I. 240 I will not set him at liberty no more than a plagued Man or a mad Dog.
1735 G. Lillo Christian Hero ii. i. 28 There is no Peace for me, while Castriot lives; Plagued and distress'd, he soars above me still; Insults my Hate, and awes me with his Virtue.
1857 Harper's Mag. Apr. 656 ‘I am told that visitors swarm around her like the frogs of Egypt.’ ‘Yes, they do; but as the plagued egyptians would have welcomed one nightingale among the frogs, so I am sure she will welcome you.’
1894 Outing July 320/2 My..friends set out for Dover and the cholera-plagued Continent.
1918 C. W. Beebe Jungle Peace (1919) viii. 178 Light-starved and fungus-plagued, the shrub and saplings are stunted and weak.
1986 D. Koontz Strangers i. ii. 79 During the next three years, Stefan served at two more problem-plagued churches.
2001 Rockford (Illinois) Register Star (Nexis) 11 Dec. 1 b Keith portrays Valjean not as a flawless saint who hides his problematic past but as a plagued man who struggles to do right.
2. = plaguey adj. 2. Also occasionally as adv.: = plaguily adv.
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the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation
stinking?c1225
misbegetc1325
banned1340
cursefula1382
wariablea1382
cursedc1386
biccheda1400
maledighta1400
vilea1400
accursedc1400
whoresona1450
remauldit?1473
execrable1490
infamous1490
unbicheda1500
jolly1534
bloodyc1540
mangy?1548
pagan1550
damned1563
misbegotten1571
putid1580
desperate1581
excremental1591
inexecrable?1594
sacred1594
putrid1628
sad1664
blasted1682
plagued1728
damnation1757
infernal1764
damn1775
pesky1775
deuced1782
shocking1798
blessed1806
darned1815
dinged1821
anointed1823
goldarn1830
darn1835
cussed1837
blamed1840
unholy1842
verdomde1850
bleeding1858
ghastly1860
goddam1861
blankety1872
blame1876
bastard1877
God-awful1877
dashed1881
sodding1881
bally1885
ungodly1887
blazing1888
dee1889
motherfucking1890
blistering1900
plurry1900
Christly1910
blinking1914
blethering1915
blighted1915
blighting1916
soddish1922
somethinged1922
effing1929
Jesus1929
dagnab1934
bastarding1944
Christless1947
mother-loving1948
mothering1951
pussyclaat1957
mother-grabbing1959
pigging1970
1728 P. Walker Life A. Peden (1827) Pref. 26 Following the wicked..Example of their old plagued Resolution-Fathers.
1799 Aurora (Philadelphia) 30 Sept. in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) Faith, 'twill be Yankee like, and plagued funny.
1835 D. Webster Orig. Sc. Rhymes 125 Affectation's a' your study, Ye plagit, vile, pedantic bodie.
1887 J. C. Harris Free Joe (1888) 172 Where a man can't afford to be too plegged particular.
1991 R. Davies Murther & Walking Spirits ii. v. 49 Let them pay the score, and stop their plagued whining about Stamp Tax and Sugar Tax.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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