单词 | smittling |
释义 | smittlingn. English regional (Lincolnshire) in later use. Contagion, infection.figurative in quot. 1625. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > infection infectinga1398 corruptionc1430 infection1548 infecture1580 contamination1599 smittling1625 zymosis1842 autoinfection1871 mouth infection1903 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > contagion contagiona1626 smittling1625 propagation1664 approximation1678 1625 J. Robinson Observ. Divine & Morall lvi. 285 Neyther is there that danger of smitling by other passions, which is by this [sc. anger]. 1755 M. Flemyng Proposal to diminish Distemper (ed. 2) 4 Contagion, or, as it is vulgarly expressed, Smitling, may be defined the Communication of a Distemper, by Substances or Effluvia. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Smittling, infection. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smittlingadj. Chiefly English regional (northern and Lincolnshire). Infectious; contagious. Also figurative. Cf. smitting adj., smittle adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > infectious contagiousc1374 infectivea1398 smitting?c1450 infected1480 infectuous1495 infecting1539 infectious1575 smittle1583 catching1594 contaminous1599 taking1608 communicative1741 malignant1822 contaminative1826 zymotic1842 smittling1845 infectant1855 autoinfective1874 catchy1884 toxo-infectious1907 postinfectious1913 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > contagious contagiousc1400 smittling1845 catchy1884 1845 Bradford Observer 25 Sept. 6/1 He was asked by her mother if the fever was smittling, because if it was she would adopt measures to prevent the other members of the family from taking it. 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. (at cited word) The disease is smittling. a1919 F. W. Moorman Tales of Ridings (1920) 39 So ‘thrang as Throp's wife’ gat to be a regular nominy, an' other fowks took to followin' her example; it were fair smittlin'! 1983 D. Nobbs Second from Last in Sack Race ii. 17 Does tha think poverty's smittling or summat? 2003 Lincs. Echo (Nexis) 18 Mar. 28 Words for infectious vary according to different parts of the country. I always knew the word ‘smitten’, but this can vary and be ‘smittin’, ‘smittlin’ or ‘smittle’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625adj.1845 |
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