thuggeen.

Brit.

/θʌˈɡiː/,

/ˈθʌɡi/, U.S.

/ˈθəɡi/

Forms: 1800s thuggy, 1800s– thaggi, 1800s– thuggee, 1800s– thuggie (now rare), 1900s– thagi. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi ṭhagī.

Etymology: < Hindi ṭhagī the practice of a Thug (thug n. 1) < ṭhag thug n. + -ī , suffix expressing belonging (see -i suffix²).The use denoting a person (see sense 2) developed within English, perhaps originally by misinterpretation of uses in compounds (such as thuggee suppression : see Compounds) by speakers outside India. With this sense compare earlier thug n. 1. For a similar sense development compare slightly earlier dacoity n. 2.

Now historical.

1. The system of robbery and murder practised by Thugs (see thug n. 1). Also: †an act or instance of robbery and murder by a Thug or gang of Thugs (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > [noun] > thuggery

thuggee1832

thuggery1834

thuggism1834

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > attacking and robbing > done by Indian Thugs

thuggee1832

thuggery1834

thuggism1834

1832 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 14 Apr. 3/1 It has been ascertained that whole families have been brought up to the trade of ‘Thuggee’ as systematically as to any other art.

1837 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 358 These..people are known by the name of Thugs, and their profession is called Thuggee.

1850 F. P. Parlby Wanderings of Pilgrim II. xiii. 122 Some years ago the Thugs were in great force, but they were well looked after by the police, and a thuggee was seldom committed.

1902 Daily Chron. 7 Aug. 3/5 Colonel Sir E. Bradford was appointed general superintendent of the operations for the suppression of ‘thagi and dakaiti’, as the India Office calls it.

2010 K. A. Wagner Great Fear of 1857 8 This comparison with secret societies of the West was to become a recurring theme in colonial accounts of Thuggee and other suspicious Indian practices.

2. A member of a society or cult of robbers and murderers in India known for strangling their victims; = thug n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > other types of association, society, or organization > member

digger1649

white boys1684

thuggee1852

droog1962

nipper1967

1852 Newcastle Guardian 26 June 4/6 500 murders have been found out, and the names of 320 rebellious Thuggees obtained.

1914 H. MacGrath Adv. Kathlyn xxiv. 338 Whoever was following them was an adept, as secret as a Thuggee.

2019 C. Kennon Relig. & World Conflict 39/1 The Thuggees..strangled people not simply to rob them but also as part of what they viewed as a sacred ritual.

Compounds

General use as a modifier.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [adjective] > relating to Indian Thugs

thuggee1834

1834 R. J. Tayler Let. 21 Feb. in W. H. Sleeman Ramaseeana (1836) App. 36 The second Thuggy expedition occurred in the jurisdiction of the Kilia-Khonah Thannah.

1858 J. S. Mill Memorandum of Improvem. in Admin. of India 46 The work of the Thuggee Suppression Department was nearly completed.

1898 Speaker 26 Nov. 641/1 Colonel Sleeman..had charge of the Thuggee inquiries.

1981 Weekly World News Aug. 34/1 The three-foot length of silken cord he recognized as a thuggee cord.

2020 Telegraph (India) (Nexis) 7 Aug. The Victorian imagination in England was ready to lap up the 'thuggee' story.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	thuggee
释义	thuggeen. Brit. /θʌˈɡiː/, /ˈθʌɡi/, U.S. /ˈθəɡi/ Forms: 1800s thuggy, 1800s– thaggi, 1800s– thuggee, 1800s– thuggie (now rare), 1900s– thagi. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi ṭhagī. Etymology: < Hindi ṭhagī the practice of a Thug (thug n. 1) < ṭhag thug n. + -ī , suffix expressing belonging (see -i suffix²).The use denoting a person (see sense 2) developed within English, perhaps originally by misinterpretation of uses in compounds (such as thuggee suppression : see Compounds) by speakers outside India. With this sense compare earlier thug n. 1. For a similar sense development compare slightly earlier dacoity n. 2. Now historical. 1. The system of robbery and murder practised by Thugs (see thug n. 1). Also: †an act or instance of robbery and murder by a Thug or gang of Thugs (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > [noun] > thuggery thuggee1832 thuggery1834 thuggism1834 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > attacking and robbing > done by Indian Thugs thuggee1832 thuggery1834 thuggism1834 1832 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 14 Apr. 3/1 It has been ascertained that whole families have been brought up to the trade of ‘Thuggee’ as systematically as to any other art. 1837 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 358 These..people are known by the name of Thugs, and their profession is called Thuggee. 1850 F. P. Parlby Wanderings of Pilgrim II. xiii. 122 Some years ago the Thugs were in great force, but they were well looked after by the police, and a thuggee was seldom committed. 1902 Daily Chron. 7 Aug. 3/5 Colonel Sir E. Bradford was appointed general superintendent of the operations for the suppression of ‘thagi and dakaiti’, as the India Office calls it. 2010 K. A. Wagner Great Fear of 1857 8 This comparison with secret societies of the West was to become a recurring theme in colonial accounts of Thuggee and other suspicious Indian practices. 2. A member of a society or cult of robbers and murderers in India known for strangling their victims; = thug n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > other types of association, society, or organization > member digger1649 white boys1684 thuggee1852 droog1962 nipper1967 1852 Newcastle Guardian 26 June 4/6 500 murders have been found out, and the names of 320 rebellious Thuggees obtained. 1914 H. MacGrath Adv. Kathlyn xxiv. 338 Whoever was following them was an adept, as secret as a Thuggee. 2019 C. Kennon Relig. & World Conflict 39/1 The Thuggees..strangled people not simply to rob them but also as part of what they viewed as a sacred ritual. Compounds General use as a modifier. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [adjective] > relating to Indian Thugs thuggee1834 1834 R. J. Tayler Let. 21 Feb. in W. H. Sleeman Ramaseeana (1836) App. 36 The second Thuggy expedition occurred in the jurisdiction of the Kilia-Khonah Thannah. 1858 J. S. Mill Memorandum of Improvem. in Admin. of India 46 The work of the Thuggee Suppression Department was nearly completed. 1898 Speaker 26 Nov. 641/1 Colonel Sleeman..had charge of the Thuggee inquiries. 1981 Weekly World News Aug. 34/1 The three-foot length of silken cord he recognized as a thuggee cord. 2020 Telegraph (India) (Nexis) 7 Aug. The Victorian imagination in England was ready to lap up the 'thuggee' story. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1832
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