🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

쥐어뜯다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jwi-eo-tteut-da

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lancinate/ˈlæn.sɪ.neɪt/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"날카로운 통증이 그의 살을 쥐어뜯는 듯했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To tear, rend, or lacerate flesh or tissue.

    "The jagged metal threatened to lancinate his skin with the slightest movement."
  2. 2

    To cause sharp, piercing, or stabbing physical or emotional pain.

    "A sudden, lancinate headache struck him without warning during the meeting."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'lancinare', meaning to tear, mangle, or lacerate, which itself stems from 'lanx', a dish or scale. It entered the English language in the 17th century as a medical and literary term used to describe sharp, piercing pains.

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