Of language, texts, etc.: Destroyed in purity, debased; altered from the original or correct condition by ignorance, carelessness, additions…
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > [adjective] (24) corruptc1386 Of language, texts, etc.: Destroyed in purity, debased; altered from the original or correct condition by ignorance, carelessness, additions… racked1546 That has been racked (in various senses); esp. tortured on the rack; tormented; strained to or beyond the limit. detorted?1550 wrested1551 figurative. Deflected or turned from the true meaning or natural application; strained, perverted. writhen1551 figurative. With reference to the meaning of something: strained, distorted, or perverted; twisted. Obsolete. writhed1562 With reference to the meaning of something: strained, distorted, or perverted. Cf. writhe, v. 9. Obsolete. rare. forced1583 In literary usage: Strained, distorted. Cf. force, v.1 3b. tortured1603 Subjected or put to torture (literal and figurative); tormented; wrested, etc.: see the verb. strained1609 Of language, construction put upon words or actions, etc.: employed or interpreted in a laboured, far-fetched, or non-natural sense; wrested or… distorted1641 figurative. Turned awry; twisted, wrested. violented1641 Imposed or exacted by force; enforced. Also: strained, distorted. crook1647 = crooked, adj. extorted1652 Strained, forced. Obsolete. refracted1655 figurative. Mediated; altered; distorted. madly wrested1656 wry1663 Wrested; perverted; distorted. corrupted1699 Made or become corrupt (in various senses); = corrupt, adj. non-natural1844 1760Not in accordance with the simple sense of a word; (in later use) (spec. of a meaning, interpretation, etc.) dependent on the existence of… Subcategories:— tending to pervert (5) — liable to perversion (1) |
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