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单词 affamishment
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affamishmentn.

Forms: 1500s affamishemente, 1500s–1800s affamishment.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: famishment n.
Etymology: Probably an alteration of famishment n. after Middle French afamer, Middle French, French affamer (see affamish v.). Compare later affamish v. N.E.D. (1884) gives the pronunciation as (ăfæ·miʃmĕnt) /əˈfæmɪʃmənt/.
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.
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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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