单词 | pourriture |
释义 | pourrituren. 1. Rottenness, rot, decay; frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [noun] > corrupt or putrid matter or thing filthOE carrion1297 putrefactionc1425 pourriture1494 rottacka1500 corruption1526 septic1597 toad-pool1607 putrification1619 grave-jelly1657 putrilage1657 putrilency1657 putredo1680 putridity1790 putrescence1843 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > rotten or putrefying condition > rotten or putrefied matter putrefactionc1425 pourriture1494 corruption1526 putrification1619 putrilage1657 putrilency1657 putridity1790 putrescence1843 the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] unhealc700 untrumnessc897 adleeOE sicknessc967 cothec1000 unhealthc1000 woe?a1200 ail?c1225 lying?c1225 maladyc1275 unsoundc1275 feebless1297 languora1375 languishc1384 disease1393 aegritudea1400 lamea1400 maleasea1400 soughta1400 wilc1400 malefaction?a1425 firmityc1426 unwholesomenessc1449 ill1450 languenta1500 distemperancea1535 the valley of the shadow of death1535 affect?1537 affection?1541 distemperature1541 inability1547 sickliness1565 languishment1576 cause1578 unhealthfulness1589 crazedness1593 languorment1593 evilness1599 strickenness1599 craziness1602 distemper1604 unsoundness1605 invaletude1623 unhealthiness1634 achaque1647 unwellness1653 disailment1657 insalubrity1668 faintiness1683 queerness1687 invalidity1690 illness1692 ill health1698 ailment1708 illing1719 invalescence1724 peakingness1727 sickishness1727 valetudinariness1742 ailingness1776 brash1786 invalidism1794 poorliness1814 diseasement1826 invalidship1830 valetudinarianism1839 ailing1862 invalidhood1863 megrims1870 pourriture1890 immersement1903 bug1918 condition1920 1494 Loutfut MS f. 25, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Porretur He knew in him self that he wes bot porretur & rottinnes. 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 71 Earth is also sometimes improv'd by mixtures of Fearn, rotten leaves, and the pouriture of old Wood. 1890 E. Dowson Let. 11 Feb. (1967) 136 I have a bad cold, leaden spirits, and in fine feel all round a pretty fair ‘pourriture’. 1970 C. Beaton Diary Jan. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xxvii. 402 A more outrageous combination could not be imagined, this beautiful, young..specimen of American manhood, and the pourriture of this old ‘madame’. 1999 D. V. M. Elliott Sacred Willow x. 222 Try as he might to root out the Viet Minh behind his lines, he could not stop the pourriture. 2. In full pourriture noble. = noble rot n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > harmful or parasitic fungi > [noun] > mould or mildew fenOE mildew1340 moulda1400 moul1440 vinny1538 hoar1548 mouldingc1610 vinegar-plant1797 moulder1817 mucor1818 vinegar mother1839 leaf rust1859 wood-mould1869 Isaria1874 grease mould1882 brown mould1883 pourriture noble1911 fumagine1913 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 722/2 The peculiar character of the Sauternes, for during the latter period of ripening a specific micro-organism termed Botrytis cinerea develops on the grape, causing a peculiar condition termed pourriture noble (German Edelfäule). 1951 R. Postgate Plain Man's Guide to Wine vi. 98 A full and scented wine, the product of the pourriture noble. 1966 P. V. Price France: Food & Wine Guide 175 Several great properties have begun to make dry wines again..by picking the grapes before the pourriture has started to form. 2000 J. Harris Blackberry Wine (2001) I. 259 But as the mist rises from the marshes every morning, it dampens the vine and encourages the pourriture noble, the rot which gives the grape its sweetness and flavour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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