Procrustesn.

Brit.

/prə(ʊ)ˈkrʌstiːz/, U.S.

/proʊˈkrəˌstiz/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Procrustēs; proper name Προκρούστης.

Etymology: < classical Latin Procrustēs and its etymon ancient Greek Προκρούστης, the name of an Attican robber who stretched and mutilated his victims in order to make them fit the length of his bed, lit. ‘person who stretches’ < Hellenistic Greek προκρούειν to attack, in Hellenistic Greek also to beat or hammer out, to stretch out (προ- pro- prefix² + κρούειν (stem κρούσ- ) to strike: see anacrusis n.) + -της, suffix forming agent nouns.

Allusively: a person who or thing which imposes uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > in order to conform > forced conformity > one who

Procrustes1581

1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 73^v What Procrustes rackt and rent thee streacht on bed of Steele?

1687 F. Atterbury Answer Considerations Spirit Luther 32 He is a very Procrustes in his way: what~ever he meets of other men's, he unmercifully either stretches, or curtails, till he has made it exactly of a size with his own notions.

?1757 T. Cibber Two Diss. Theatres i. 37 He grieves, to see your tame Submission to this merciless Procrustes of the Stage.

1791 H. More Estimate Relig. Fashionable World 35 We may rejoice that the tyranny of the spiritual Procrustes is so far annihilated.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xii. 122 Give me my change and my gin, you scoundrel! Humph, is that all right, you Procrustes of the counter, chopping our lawful appetites down to your rascally standard of seven-pence half-penny?

1844 J. C. Neal Peter Ploddy 90 A cold reluctance is within him, and he tries to play Procrustes with your narrative.

1870 J. S. Wright Chicago (ed. 2) 82 Being found a little short for the tall work undertaken of grasping the Northwest..he [sc. Chicago]..finds himself in the grasp of a Procrustes upon a stretcher of iron rails, which instead of bringing him to the required height, remorselessly pulls off one after another of his limbs of trade.

1970 O. Sacks Migraine ix. 181 Patients with severe habitual migraine seemed to me so various..that I despaired of putting them in a single category, unless I played Procrustes.

2006 A. Dzidzienyo in L. R. Gordon & J. A. Gordon Compan. African-American Stud. xxxii. 585 It has been difficult to break free of Procrustes because of an impossible demand: the only way to leave is to deny the limits of common nationality.

Compounds

General attributive and in the genitive, chiefly in Procrustes bed (cf. Procrustean bed n. at Procrustean adj. Compounds).

ΚΠ

1651 J. Owen Advantage Kingdome of Christ 13 They also had prepared a Procrustes bed, a heavy yoke, a beast that had it grown to perfection.

1809 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 235 To really cut down or stretch out every subject to the Procrustes Bed of 16 pages is not possible without a sacrifice of my whole plan.

1837 S. Smith 1st Let. to Singleton in Wks. (1859) II. 259/2 It is quite absurd to see how all the Cathedrals are to be trimmed to an exact Procrustes pattern.

1870 W. Graham Lect. Ephes. v. 129 It became the procrustes bed on which the faith and hope of the nation were offered up.

1927 H. J. Laski Communism iv. 176 All attempts to force a people into a Procrustes' bed of preconceived ideas, however well-intentioned, is doomed to failure.

2000 Isis 91 163/2 As her prose is somewhat opaque, with frequent, long, and loosely integrated quotations, it is difficult to tell whether the evidence does fit the Procrustes bed of her interpretation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	procrustes
释义	Procrustesn. Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈkrʌstiːz/, U.S. /proʊˈkrəˌstiz/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Procrustēs; proper name Προκρούστης. Etymology: < classical Latin Procrustēs and its etymon ancient Greek Προκρούστης, the name of an Attican robber who stretched and mutilated his victims in order to make them fit the length of his bed, lit. ‘person who stretches’ < Hellenistic Greek προκρούειν to attack, in Hellenistic Greek also to beat or hammer out, to stretch out (προ- pro- prefix² + κρούειν (stem κρούσ- ) to strike: see anacrusis n.) + -της, suffix forming agent nouns. Allusively: a person who or thing which imposes uniformity or conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > adaptation or adjustment > [noun] > in order to conform > forced conformity > one who Procrustes1581 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 73^v What Procrustes rackt and rent thee streacht on bed of Steele? 1687 F. Atterbury Answer Considerations Spirit Luther 32 He is a very Procrustes in his way: what~ever he meets of other men's, he unmercifully either stretches, or curtails, till he has made it exactly of a size with his own notions. ?1757 T. Cibber Two Diss. Theatres i. 37 He grieves, to see your tame Submission to this merciless Procrustes of the Stage. 1791 H. More Estimate Relig. Fashionable World 35 We may rejoice that the tyranny of the spiritual Procrustes is so far annihilated. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xii. 122 Give me my change and my gin, you scoundrel! Humph, is that all right, you Procrustes of the counter, chopping our lawful appetites down to your rascally standard of seven-pence half-penny? 1844 J. C. Neal Peter Ploddy 90 A cold reluctance is within him, and he tries to play Procrustes with your narrative. 1870 J. S. Wright Chicago (ed. 2) 82 Being found a little short for the tall work undertaken of grasping the Northwest..he [sc. Chicago]..finds himself in the grasp of a Procrustes upon a stretcher of iron rails, which instead of bringing him to the required height, remorselessly pulls off one after another of his limbs of trade. 1970 O. Sacks Migraine ix. 181 Patients with severe habitual migraine seemed to me so various..that I despaired of putting them in a single category, unless I played Procrustes. 2006 A. Dzidzienyo in L. R. Gordon & J. A. Gordon Compan. African-American Stud. xxxii. 585 It has been difficult to break free of Procrustes because of an impossible demand: the only way to leave is to deny the limits of common nationality. Compounds General attributive and in the genitive, chiefly in Procrustes bed (cf. Procrustean bed n. at Procrustean adj. Compounds). ΚΠ 1651 J. Owen Advantage Kingdome of Christ 13 They also had prepared a Procrustes bed, a heavy yoke, a beast that had it grown to perfection. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 235 To really cut down or stretch out every subject to the Procrustes Bed of 16 pages is not possible without a sacrifice of my whole plan. 1837 S. Smith 1st Let. to Singleton in Wks. (1859) II. 259/2 It is quite absurd to see how all the Cathedrals are to be trimmed to an exact Procrustes pattern. 1870 W. Graham Lect. Ephes. v. 129 It became the procrustes bed on which the faith and hope of the nation were offered up. 1927 H. J. Laski Communism iv. 176 All attempts to force a people into a Procrustes' bed of preconceived ideas, however well-intentioned, is doomed to failure. 2000 Isis 91 163/2 As her prose is somewhat opaque, with frequent, long, and loosely integrated quotations, it is difficult to tell whether the evidence does fit the Procrustes bed of her interpretation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1581
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