breakneckadj.n.

/ˈbreɪkˌnɛk/

Etymology: < break v. 7b + neck n.¹

A. adj.

1. Likely to break the neck; endangering the neck or life; headlong (of speed, etc.); precipitous (of roads, rocks).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > likely to endanger health or life

breakneck1546

founderous1767

shark-toothed1935

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. viii. sig. C Before this my first foile or..breakneck fall.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. i. 246 Break-necke clifs, and high ouer-hanging places.

1809 Edinb. Rev. 15 62 A break~neck road from Madrid to San Ildefonso.

1882 B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. I. v. 131 To ride a breakneck pace round Jacko Hill.

2. figurative. Blundering or lumbering headlong.

ΚΠ

1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. i. 6 Wyatt's awkwardness is not limited to the decasyllable, for some of his most breakneck work is in shorter lines.

†B. n.

a. Obsolete. ‘A fall in which the neck is broken; a steep place endangering the neck’ (Johnson); figurative destruction, ruin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > severe fall

breakneck1563

plumper1810

purl1825

mucker1851

cropper1858

burster1863

smasher1875

crumpler1883

smeller1923

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Idolatry, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 251 Such a stumbling-block for his own feet and others that may perhaps bring at last to breakneck.

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 289/2 The question is not of any light fall, but it is a deadly breaknecke.

1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 527 They may..fall with a breake-necke, downe to Hell.

1649 W. Dell Way of Peace 115 The very break-neck of the Churches peace and unity.

1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 137 To work the downfall and break-neck of mens souls.

†b. One who risks breaking his neck. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun]

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bale-sithea1000

wrakea1275

wonderc1275

destroyingc1300

destruction1340

contritionc1384

stroying1396

undoing1398

tininga1400

ruinc1425

fatec1430

fordoingc1450

perishing?1523

shipwreck1526

pernicion?1530

ruining1562

ruinating1587

defeasance1590

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planet-striking1611

mismaking1615

rasurea1616

destructa1638

perition1640

interemption1656

smashing1821

degrowth1876

uncreation1884

creative destruction1927

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness > rash or reckless person

bayard1393

hotspur1403

hare-brain1542

young blood1557

hare-copa1566

madcap1589

rashling1594

breakneck1598

harum-scarum1784

wild cat1812

devil-may-care1839

firecracker1852

ripper1877

wild-catter1883

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scauezzacóllo, a breakeneck, a halter-sack, a wag.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	breakneck
释义	breakneckadj.n. /ˈbreɪkˌnɛk/ Etymology: < break v. 7b + neck n.¹ A. adj. 1. Likely to break the neck; endangering the neck or life; headlong (of speed, etc.); precipitous (of roads, rocks). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > likely to endanger health or life breakneck1546 founderous1767 shark-toothed1935 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. viii. sig. C Before this my first foile or..breakneck fall. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. i. 246 Break-necke clifs, and high ouer-hanging places. 1809 Edinb. Rev. 15 62 A break~neck road from Madrid to San Ildefonso. 1882 B. D. W. Ramsay Recoll. Mil. Serv. I. v. 131 To ride a breakneck pace round Jacko Hill. 2. figurative. Blundering or lumbering headlong. ΚΠ 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. i. 6 Wyatt's awkwardness is not limited to the decasyllable, for some of his most breakneck work is in shorter lines. †B. n. a. Obsolete. ‘A fall in which the neck is broken; a steep place endangering the neck’ (Johnson); figurative destruction, ruin. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > falling down or from erect position (animates) > severe fall breakneck1563 plumper1810 purl1825 mucker1851 cropper1858 burster1863 smasher1875 crumpler1883 smeller1923 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Idolatry, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 251 Such a stumbling-block for his own feet and others that may perhaps bring at last to breakneck. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 289/2 The question is not of any light fall, but it is a deadly breaknecke. 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 527 They may..fall with a breake-necke, downe to Hell. 1649 W. Dell Way of Peace 115 The very break-neck of the Churches peace and unity. 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 137 To work the downfall and break-neck of mens souls. †b. One who risks breaking his neck. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] end832 bale-sithea1000 wrakea1275 wonderc1275 destroyingc1300 destruction1340 contritionc1384 stroying1396 undoing1398 tininga1400 ruinc1425 fatec1430 fordoingc1450 perishing?1523 shipwreck1526 pernicion?1530 ruining1562 ruinating1587 defeasance1590 defeature1592 breakneck1598 ruination1599 defeat1600 doom1609 planet-striking1611 mismaking1615 rasurea1616 destructa1638 perition1640 interemption1656 smashing1821 degrowth1876 uncreation1884 creative destruction1927 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > rashness or recklessness > rash or reckless person bayard1393 hotspur1403 hare-brain1542 young blood1557 hare-copa1566 madcap1589 rashling1594 breakneck1598 harum-scarum1784 wild cat1812 devil-may-care1839 firecracker1852 ripper1877 wild-catter1883 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scauezzacóllo, a breakeneck, a halter-sack, a wag. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1546
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