单词 | resurrectionizing |
释义 | † resurrectionizingn. Obsolete. The action or practice of illegally disinterring bodies for anatomical purposes; bodysnatching. Frequently attributive. Cf. resurrectionism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > bodysnatching > [noun] body stealing1818 body-snatching1819 resurrectionizing1819 resurrectionism1849 1819 F. J. Didier Let. 26 Mar. in Franklin's Lett. to Kinsfolk (1822) I. 64 I had resolved never to meddle with resurrectionizing again, after the lesson I got in Baltimore! 1839 J. D. Hooker Notes on Norway (ed. 2) 69 The ‘banes of ane Russ’ lay in a hole in some rock not very far off, and being inclined to go resurrectionizing, I engaged..to seek out the place. 1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 427 An occasional junior..might be admitted to act a subordinate part in a ‘resurrectionising affair’. 1871 in M. Schele De Vere Americanisms 655 The leading gentleman of the resurrectionizing profession is one Cunningham. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1819 |
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