Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - stricken
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Stricken
stricken
adjective Etymology: Middle English striken, from past participle of striken to strike Date: 14th century 1. a. afflicted or overwhelmed by or as if by disease, misfortune, or sorrow b. made incapable or unfit rescuers were sent to the ~ ship 2. hit or wounded by or as if by a missile the deer had been ~ by an arrow
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1.
adj. 1 affected or overcome with illness or misfortune etc. (stricken with measles; grief-stricken). 2 levelled with a strickle. 3 (often foll. by from etc.) US Law deleted. Phrases and idioms stricken in years archaic enfeebled by age. Etymology: archaic past part. of STRIKE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. пораженный (чем-л.) stricken with disease —- пораженный болезнью stricken with grief —- убитый горем 2. книж. раненый; больной stricken beast —- раненый зверь stricken field —- книж. поле брани he was stricken in his soul —- он был ранен в самое сердце 3. вровень с краями сосуда, меры a stricken measure of grain —- мера зерна без верха 4. p-p. от strike ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
adj. 1) пораженный (чем-л.); stricken with paralysis - разбитый параличом; stricken with grief - убитый горем 2) obs. раненый stricken in years - престарелый stricken field - решительное сражение; поле брани STRICKEN suf. в сложных словах означает охваченный, пораженный чем-л.; подвергшийся чему-л.; terror-stricken - охваченный ужасом; drought-stricken - пораженный засухой ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
1. Stricken is the past participle of some meanings of strike. 2. If a person or place is stricken by something such as an unpleasant feeling, an illness, or a natural disaster, they are severely affected by it. ...a family stricken by genetically inherited cancer... Foreign aid workers will not be allowed into the stricken areas. ADJ: oft ADJ by/with n • Stricken is also a combining form. He was panic-stricken at the thought he might never play again. ...drought-stricken areas. COMB in ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ adj formal very badly affected by trouble, illness, unhappiness etc (Supplies of medicine were rushed to the stricken city.) + by/with (stricken with a fatal disease | poverty stricken (=very poor)) (poverty stricken areas riddled with disease | panic stricken (=filled with sudden terror)) (Panic stricken crowds swarmed into the square. | grief stricken) (A grief stricken mother from Kansas wrote in to tell me of her tragedy.) strict ~ adj 1 someone who is strict demands that rules should always be obeyed (a strict teacher) (The Stuarts are very strict with their children.) + abou (This company is very strict about punctuality.) 2 a strict order or rule is one that must be obeyed (You had strict instructions not to tell anybody. | in the strictest confidence (=it must be kept completely secret)) (I'm telling you this in the strictest confidence.) 3 usually before noun exact and correct, but often unreasonably exact (He's using `trust' in the strict legal sense.) 4 strict Muslim/vegetarian etc someone who obeys all the rules of a particular religion, belief etc - strictness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1513, "wounded, affected (by disease, trouble, etc.)," adjective use of pp. of strike (v.). An earlier development is reflected in 13c. phrase striken in elde "advanced in years," from strike in the sense of "moving," hence "far advanced." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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