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单词 purtenance
释义

purtenance

[ pur-tn-uhns ]
/ ˈpɜr tn əns /

noun

the liver, heart, and lungs of an animal.

Origin of purtenance

1300–50; Middle English; aphetic variant of appurtenance

Words nearby purtenance

pursuer, pursuit, pursuit plane, pursuivant, pursy, purtenance, purty, purulence, purulent, purulent inflammation, purulent ophthalmia
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Example sentences from the Web for purtenance

  • Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

    The Bible for Young People|Anonymous
  • May he be damnd in his mouth, in his breast, in his heart and purtenance, down to the very stomach!

    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Laurence Sterne

British Dictionary definitions for purtenance

purtenance
/ (ˈpɜːtɪnəns) /

noun

archaic the inner organs, viscera

Word Origin for purtenance

C14: from Old French pertinance something that belongs; see appurtenance
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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