单词 | affamishment |
释义 | † affamishmentn. Obsolete (archaic and rare after 17th cent.). The action of afflicting a person with hunger; the action of causing starvation. Also: the state of being starved; starvation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > starvation or action of starving hungerc825 faminec1405 pininga1450 famishmentc1470 famishing1490 starving1549 pine1567 affamishment1588 hunger-starving1592 starvation1762 clemming1773 starvation1775 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > starvation or action of starving > subjecting to starvation starving1574 affamishment1588 affamishing1629 starvation1775 1588 in E. Arber Introd. Sketch to Marprelate Controv. (1880) 36 Shuttinge them vpp Close prysoners..to their vtter vndoinge, and the affamishemente of their poore wiefes and Children. 1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Sclaunderous Articles Pref. sig. A 2 To the vtter vndoing and affamishment of them. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 633 So is also the Sacrament of the Supper a witnesse of our spirituall affamishment and emptinesse. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 99 In time of necessity and affamishment. 1645 J. Hoyle Jehojadahs Justice against Mattan 12 He shall no more remove them from their Congregations, by suspensions,..by imprisonment, by affamishment, by death. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 327 Rueful despite and foul affamishment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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