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单词 acerbation
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acerbationn.

Brit. /ˌasəˈbeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌæsərˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin acerbation-, acerbatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin acerbation-, acerbatio embitterment, aggravation (3rd cent.) < classical Latin acerbāt- , past participial stem of acerbāre acerbate v. + -iō -ion suffix1. With sense 1 compare Middle French acerbation exacerbation (of a medical condition) (a1365 as acerbacion ). Compare earlier acerbate v. Compare also earlier exacerbation n.
1. Medicine. = exacerbation n. 2. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > paroxysm
throwOE
passiona1393
paroxysma1413
storm1540
fit1557
acerbation1684
redoublement1740
redoubling1747
1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Of Feavers in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) 130 Inordinations are stirred up in the Blood and juices, which oftentimes conspire, either the production, or the acerbation or growing worse, of the Feaver.
1751 R. Brookes Gen. Pract. Physic I. 33 Regular Acerbations like Intermittents, Continual Fevers, Atrophy and Hectic Fevers, Fits of the Colic [etc.] are only casual Symptoms of this.
1824 J. Ashmun in R. R. Gurley Life J. Ashmun (1835) App. 123 Such an acerbation of any remaining aguish tendencies of the system, as to cause a paroxysm of fever.
2. Embitterment; a feeling of bitterness. Also: exacerbation of a negative feeling or problem. Cf. acerbate v.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > exacerbation of suffering > [noun]
exacerbation1625
acerbation1793
turn of the screw1796
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > bitterness > [noun]
rancourc1380
bitterness1382
sour cheerc1440
amaritude1490
fellc1494
rust?1507
aloea1529
stomach?1553
stomach grief1553
virulencya1617
coloquintida1622
nitrosity1634
embitteredness1643
embitterment1645
virulence1663
sharpness1673
virulentnessa1676
acerbation1793
1793 J. Berington in tr. Mem. G. Panzani Introd. 34 The publication of the Bull of Pius,..its renewal by Gregory XIII. in 1580, and again, with expressions of stronger acerbation, in 1588.
1863 J. D. Hooker Let. 1 Mar. in C. Darwin Corr. (1999) XI. 187 I often think that one of the worst effects of a war is the acerbation of feelings that it brings about.
1883 A. Trollope Mr Scarborough's Family II. xxxiv. 192 Dolly's acerbation was aroused by a belief on her part that the money asked for trousers took him generally to race-courses.
1952 Virginia Law Rev. 38 287 Steps which serve no clear purpose in the effort to adjust the controversy..will result in an acerbation of the grievant's feelings.
1997 T. F. Wolff & G. Geahigan Art Crit. & Educ. ii. 28 For them he had nothing but praise; for the opposition modernists, nothing but contempt and acerbation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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