Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - stricture
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(strictures) 1. You can use strictures to refer to severe criticism or disapproval of something. (FORMAL) ...Mencken’s strictures on the 1920s, with its self-righteous prohibition on alcohol and unconventional ideas... N-COUNT: usu pl, oft N on/against n 2. You can refer to things that limit what you can do as strictures of a particular kind. (mainly FORMAL) Your goals are hindered by financial strictures. = restriction N-COUNT: usu pl, usu with supp ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin strictura, from Latin strictus, past participle Date: 14th century 1. a. an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage; also the narrowed part b. a constriction of the breath passage in the production of a speech sound 2. something that closely restrains or limits ; restriction moral ~s 3. an adverse criticism ; censure ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 (usu. in pl.; often foll. by on, upon) a critical or censorious remark. 2 Med. a morbid narrowing of a canal or duct in the body. Derivatives strictured adj. Etymology: ME f. L strictura (as STRICT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. часто pl. строгая, суровая критика, осуждение to lay (to pass) strictures on smb., smth. —- подвергать критике (разносу) кого-л., что-л. he is severe on his stricture on smth. —- он беспощаден в своем осуждении чего-л. 2. мед. сужение канала, стриктура 3. редк. что-л. стесняющее, сковывающее moral strictures —- моральные запреты 4. редк. строго критиковать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., "abnormal narrowing in a body part," from L.L. strictura "contraction, constriction," from pp. stem of stringere "to bind or draw tight." Sense of "criticism, critical remark" is first recorded 1655, perhaps from the other L. word stringere "to touch lightly" (see strigil). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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