† predatoriousadj.

Forms: 1600s praedatorious, 1600s predatorious.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praedātōrius , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin praedātōrius predatory adj. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier predatory adj. 2.

Obsolete.

Harmful to health; = predatory adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective]

fellc1330

undone1340

ruinous?a1439

violablea1470

perniciousc1475

destructive1490

confusible1502

destroying1535

exitiable1548

ruinate1562

peremptory1567

wrackful1578

slaughterous1582

ruinating1595

ruining1605

corrumpent1607

wracksome1608

in suds1611

destructory1614

poisonousa1616

wrakefulc1625

predatory1626

predatorious1641

demolishing1648

untwined1649

undoing1654

destructionable1656

destructful1659

mortal1670

wreckinga1677

fatal1692

quadrumanous1704

interdestructive1805

annihilatory1825

demolitionary1834

ruinatious1845

consumptive1860

thunderous1874

1641 J. Gauden Love of Truth 21 Interpreting that zeale, which is but naturall passion and choler, an humane feaverish and prædatorious, not that holy, gentle, and propicious heate of love.

1660 J. Gauden Κακουργοι 56 In complicated diseases the maine care must be to give check to that, which is most accute, malignant and predatorious of the spirits.

a1677 T. Manton Serm. Psalm cxix 36 xli, in Wks. (1872) VI. 379 There is a vital heat necessary to our preservation, and there are unnatural predatorious heats which argue a distemper.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	predatorious
释义	† predatoriousadj. Forms: 1600s praedatorious, 1600s predatorious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praedātōrius , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin praedātōrius predatory adj. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier predatory adj. 2. Obsolete. Harmful to health; = predatory adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] fellc1330 undone1340 ruinous?a1439 violablea1470 perniciousc1475 destructive1490 confusible1502 destroying1535 exitiable1548 ruinate1562 peremptory1567 wrackful1578 slaughterous1582 ruinating1595 ruining1605 corrumpent1607 wracksome1608 in suds1611 destructory1614 poisonousa1616 wrakefulc1625 predatory1626 predatorious1641 demolishing1648 untwined1649 undoing1654 destructionable1656 destructful1659 mortal1670 wreckinga1677 fatal1692 quadrumanous1704 interdestructive1805 annihilatory1825 demolitionary1834 ruinatious1845 consumptive1860 thunderous1874 1641 J. Gauden Love of Truth 21 Interpreting that zeale, which is but naturall passion and choler, an humane feaverish and prædatorious, not that holy, gentle, and propicious heate of love. 1660 J. Gauden Κακουργοι 56 In complicated diseases the maine care must be to give check to that, which is most accute, malignant and predatorious of the spirits. a1677 T. Manton Serm. Psalm cxix 36 xli, in Wks. (1872) VI. 379 There is a vital heat necessary to our preservation, and there are unnatural predatorious heats which argue a distemper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1641
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