单词 | butcherliness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈbutcherliness ˈbutcherliness n. the quality of being butcherly (in senses 1 and 3); (also) butcherly bearing or demeanour.The superfluous ‘in’ in the definition text in quot. 1755 was omitted in subsequent editions. ΚΠ 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Butcherliness, in a butcherly manner [1756 a butcherly manner]. 1864 A. Russel Salmon 161 The antiquity of the practice [sc. spear-fishing], its picturesqueness, and, at the same time, its odiousness to..natures unhardened to its butcherliness. 1921 Eccles. Rev. Jan. 110/2 He has written a story of terror, one that recalls..the butcherliness of Ivan the Russian Nero. 1990 D. Cohen & D. Heller Jewish Presences in Eng. Lit. iv. 75 The vulgarity, greasiness, and butcherliness of Breghart [sic]. < as lemmas |
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