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单词 caput mortuum
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caput mortuumn.

Etymology: Latin; = dead head.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcaput ˈmortuum.
1. A death's head, a skull. Obsolete.
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the world > life > death > [noun] > symbolized
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scythe1609
caput mortuum1694
thigh-bone1825
skull1826
Kensal Green1842
calavera1904
the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > [noun] > as death's head
caput mortuum1694
1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 130 Fancying..he liv'd now in his Grave, and every Object a Caput Mortuum.
2. Alchemy and Chemistry. The residuum remaining after the distillation or sublimation of any substance, ‘good for nothing but to be flung away, all vertue being extracted’ (Willis 1681).
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > distillation > residue left after
deadhead1576
caput mortuum1651
1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 4 Adde the Caput Mortuum, of Vitriall, or Aqua fortis.
1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) §89. 153 Take out the Retort with the Capud.
1736 Compl. Family-piece i. i. 79 Take..the Caput Mortuum of the Scull of a Man 1 Dram.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 135 Earth, or..caput mortuum..is the last element of all bodies which can be no farther altered by any art whatsoever.
3. figurative. Worthless residue.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless
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turdc1275
fille1297
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fly's wing1377
goose-wing1377
fartc1390
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pelfrya1529
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beggary?1548
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stark naught1562
paltry?1566
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bag of winda1599
a cracked or slit groat1600
kitchen stuff1600
tilta1603
nothing?1608
bauble1609
countera1616
a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop1620
buttermilk1630
dross1632
paltrement1641
cattle1643
bagatelle1647
nothingness1652
brimborion1653
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a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. v. 138 His youthful Heat and Strength for Sin engage, God has the Caput Mortuum of his Age.
1812 Examiner 5 Oct. 633/1 The caput mortuum of the Addington administration.
1876 A. M. Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. June 124 The Pietists..hailed it as the caput mortuum of the speculative..school.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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