stumbling-blockn.

Etymology: < stumbling n.Introduced by Tyndale as a rendering of Greek πρόσκομμα ; later translators have preferred to use it to render σκάνδαλον . The phrase ‘to stumble at a block’ (i.e. a tree stump) is of earlier date: see quot. c1450 at stumble v. 1b. Compare stumbling-stock n., stumbling-stone n. at stumbling n. Compounds.

Something to stumble at or over; a cause of stumbling. Chiefly figurative.

a. An occasion of moral stumbling; a ‘scandal’, ‘offence’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > errant conduct > [noun] > occasion or cause of

slanderc1340

stumbling-block1526

stumble1651

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > cause of moral lapse or fall

slanderc1340

offendinga1425

stumbling-block1526

stumble1651

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xiv. 13 That no man putt a stomblinge blocke or an occasion to faule [Gk. πρόσκομμα ἢ σκάνδαλον] in his brothers waye.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere Pref. sig. Eeiii^v It wyll none otherwyse be, but that some stumblyng blokkys wyll allway be by malycyouse folke layed in good peoples way.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xii. 58 All which doings, or sayings..be stumbling blocks, that make men to fall in the way of Religion.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 489 To unite a scattered flock in one fold under one shepherd, to remove stumbling blocks from the path of the weak,..these were objects which might well justify some modification..of national or provincial usages.

1884 J. Hall Christian Home xi. 166 If meat be a stumbling-block to a brother, then will he forego it (1 Cor. viii. 13).

b. An occasion of falling into calamity or ruin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys > cause of

lossc1386

undoing1390

ruinc1480

destruction1529

stumbling-block1535

fall1593

perdition1649

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. iii. 20 Yf a rightuous man go from his rightuousnesse,..I will laye a stomblinge blocke before him, and he shall dye.

1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. viii. 247 Be upon your guard against this stumbling-block of heroes.

1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. iv. 107 We are not men to be trodden on..those who have attempted it have found us stumbling blocks.

c. An obstacle to belief or understanding; something repugnant to one's prejudices.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > something unbelievable > obstacle to belief

stumbling-block1594

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > to belief or understanding

offendiclec1400

stumbling-block1594

sticking point1732

1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iv. sig. E^v I see Æneas sticketh in your minde, But I will soone put by that stumbling blocke.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 271 Unless I here remove a seeming obstruction or stumbling block, perhaps some mistakes or errours might arise.

1715 J. Addison Spectator No. 592. ¶7 A Stumbling-Block to the whole Tribe of these rigid Criticks.

1721 D. Waterland Case Arian-Subscr. 32 The old Arians would have detested such Practises: The Ὁμούσιον alone was such a Stumbling-Block to Them, that They could never get over it.

1857 J. Keble On Eucharistical Adoration 20 A most effectual stumbling block to those who were unwilling to believe.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 204 Baroko and Bokardo have been stumbling-blocks to the logicians.

1884 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. (1885) viii. 244 Believers have thus prepared a stumblingblock for themselves.

d. An obstacle in the way of progress, or of the execution of a plan.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle

hinderc1200

withsetting1340

obstaclec1385

traversea1393

mara1400

bayc1440

stoppagec1450

barrace1480

blocka1500

objecta1500

clog1526

stumbling-stone1526

bar1530

(to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548

stumbling-stock1548

hindrance1576

a log in one's way1579

crossbar1582

log1589

rub1589

threshold1600

scotch1601

dam1602

remora1604

obex1611

obstructiona1616

stumbling-blocka1616

fence1639

affront1642

retardance1645

stick1645

balk1660

obstruent1669

blockade1683

sprun1684

spoke1689

cross cause1696

uncomplaisance1707

barrier1712

obstruct1747

dike1770

abatis1808

underbrush1888

bunker1900

bump1909

sprag1914

hurdle1924

headwind1927

mudhole1933

monkey wrench1937

roadblock1945

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. ii. 64 Were I a Man, a Duke, and next of blood, I would remoue these tedious stumbling blockes .

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 398 I have heard that there are the greatest endeavours to put some obstruction in this business. Dutch and Dane are not wanting to lay stumbling-blocks.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 255 Such a Discovery might have been a Stumbling-block in the Way of Christianity.

1838 G. P. R. James Life & Times Louis XIV I. 194 Nor did he ever quit his religion, though as a Hugonot it might have proved a great stumbling-block in his way.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. ii. 31 She..had come to fear that she might be an embargo on his prosperity, and a stumbling-block in the way of his success.

1912 Nature 21 Nov. 346/1 The cost of electrical power is the chief stumbling-block to the introduction of the manufacture on a large scale in this country.

e. In literal sense. rare. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stumbling > one who or that which causes

balk1549

tripper1605

stumbling-block1663

hub1669

trip-wire1916

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 21 A good Surveyour shuns also the ordering of Doores with Stumbling-Block-Thresholds.

1893 Law Times 95 204/2 The cover projected about 1½ in. above the level of the road, and so formed a stumbling~block.

in extended use.1859 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. (1866) iii. §31. 119 Jupiter, in fact, is a regular stumbling-block in the way of comets.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stumbling-block
释义	stumbling-blockn. Etymology: < stumbling n.Introduced by Tyndale as a rendering of Greek πρόσκομμα ; later translators have preferred to use it to render σκάνδαλον . The phrase ‘to stumble at a block’ (i.e. a tree stump) is of earlier date: see quot. c1450 at stumble v. 1b. Compare stumbling-stock n., stumbling-stone n. at stumbling n. Compounds. Something to stumble at or over; a cause of stumbling. Chiefly figurative. a. An occasion of moral stumbling; a ‘scandal’, ‘offence’. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > errant conduct > [noun] > occasion or cause of slanderc1340 stumbling-block1526 stumble1651 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > cause of moral lapse or fall slanderc1340 offendinga1425 stumbling-block1526 stumble1651 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xiv. 13 That no man putt a stomblinge blocke or an occasion to faule [Gk. πρόσκομμα ἢ σκάνδαλον] in his brothers waye. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere Pref. sig. Eeiii^v It wyll none otherwyse be, but that some stumblyng blokkys wyll allway be by malycyouse folke layed in good peoples way. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xii. 58 All which doings, or sayings..be stumbling blocks, that make men to fall in the way of Religion. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 489 To unite a scattered flock in one fold under one shepherd, to remove stumbling blocks from the path of the weak,..these were objects which might well justify some modification..of national or provincial usages. 1884 J. Hall Christian Home xi. 166 If meat be a stumbling-block to a brother, then will he forego it (1 Cor. viii. 13). b. An occasion of falling into calamity or ruin. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys > cause of lossc1386 undoing1390 ruinc1480 destruction1529 stumbling-block1535 fall1593 perdition1649 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. iii. 20 Yf a rightuous man go from his rightuousnesse,..I will laye a stomblinge blocke before him, and he shall dye. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. viii. 247 Be upon your guard against this stumbling-block of heroes. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. iv. 107 We are not men to be trodden on..those who have attempted it have found us stumbling blocks. c. An obstacle to belief or understanding; something repugnant to one's prejudices. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > something unbelievable > obstacle to belief stumbling-block1594 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > to belief or understanding offendiclec1400 stumbling-block1594 sticking point1732 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iv. sig. E^v I see Æneas sticketh in your minde, But I will soone put by that stumbling blocke. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 271 Unless I here remove a seeming obstruction or stumbling block, perhaps some mistakes or errours might arise. 1715 J. Addison Spectator No. 592. ¶7 A Stumbling-Block to the whole Tribe of these rigid Criticks. 1721 D. Waterland Case Arian-Subscr. 32 The old Arians would have detested such Practises: The Ὁμούσιον alone was such a Stumbling-Block to Them, that They could never get over it. 1857 J. Keble On Eucharistical Adoration 20 A most effectual stumbling block to those who were unwilling to believe. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 204 Baroko and Bokardo have been stumbling-blocks to the logicians. 1884 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. (1885) viii. 244 Believers have thus prepared a stumblingblock for themselves. d. An obstacle in the way of progress, or of the execution of a plan. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle hinderc1200 withsetting1340 obstaclec1385 traversea1393 mara1400 bayc1440 stoppagec1450 barrace1480 blocka1500 objecta1500 clog1526 stumbling-stone1526 bar1530 (to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548 stumbling-stock1548 hindrance1576 a log in one's way1579 crossbar1582 log1589 rub1589 threshold1600 scotch1601 dam1602 remora1604 obex1611 obstructiona1616 stumbling-blocka1616 fence1639 affront1642 retardance1645 stick1645 balk1660 obstruent1669 blockade1683 sprun1684 spoke1689 cross cause1696 uncomplaisance1707 barrier1712 obstruct1747 dike1770 abatis1808 underbrush1888 bunker1900 bump1909 sprag1914 hurdle1924 headwind1927 mudhole1933 monkey wrench1937 roadblock1945 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. ii. 64 Were I a Man, a Duke, and next of blood, I would remoue these tedious stumbling blockes . View more context for this quotation 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 398 I have heard that there are the greatest endeavours to put some obstruction in this business. Dutch and Dane are not wanting to lay stumbling-blocks. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 255 Such a Discovery might have been a Stumbling-block in the Way of Christianity. 1838 G. P. R. James Life & Times Louis XIV I. 194 Nor did he ever quit his religion, though as a Hugonot it might have proved a great stumbling-block in his way. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. ii. 31 She..had come to fear that she might be an embargo on his prosperity, and a stumbling-block in the way of his success. 1912 Nature 21 Nov. 346/1 The cost of electrical power is the chief stumbling-block to the introduction of the manufacture on a large scale in this country. e. In literal sense. rare. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stumbling > one who or that which causes balk1549 tripper1605 stumbling-block1663 hub1669 trip-wire1916 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 21 A good Surveyour shuns also the ordering of Doores with Stumbling-Block-Thresholds. 1893 Law Times 95 204/2 The cover projected about 1½ in. above the level of the road, and so formed a stumbling~block. in extended use.1859 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. (1866) iii. §31. 119 Jupiter, in fact, is a regular stumbling-block in the way of comets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1526
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