单词 | rejuvenescency |
释义 | rejuvenescencyn. Now rare. = rejuvenescence n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] > rejuvenation rejuvenescencea1631 rejuvenescencya1661 rejuvenation1746 a (new) lease of life1853 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 309 The Poetical fiction of Æson his Re-juvenescency in Medeas Bath. 1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 264 The whole Creation now grown old expecteth and waiteth for a certain rejuvenescency. 1720 T. Gordon Humourist II. 229 That the Doctrine of Re-juvenescency is all an Imposture. 1755 Man No. 23. 1 Spring..gives us a kind of rejuvenescency. 1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 238 So the soul acquires rejuvenescency by always descending into generation. a1855 E. Stuart-Wortley Sweet South (1856) I. xx. 326 Truly this fair ancient capital of the South,—herself well stricken in years—rejoicing in a sprightly rejuvenescency, looks like a mere chicken of a city. 1871 Zell's Pop. Encycl. 730/3 Rejuvenescence, rejuvenescency, a renewing of youth; state of being or becoming young again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1661 |
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