different between wretchedness vs martyrdom

English

Etymology

wretched +? -ness

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t??dn?s/
• Hyphenation: wretch?ed?ness

Noun

wretchedness (usually uncountable, plural wretchednesses)

1. An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.
   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 3

     She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it. He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation.

2. A state of prolonged misfortune, privation, or anguish.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English martyrdome, martirdom, marterdom, from Old English martyrd?m (“martyrdom”), corresponding to martyr +? -dom. Cognate with German Märtyrertum (“martyrdom”), Danish martyrdom (“martyrdom”), Swedish martyrdom (“martyrdom”), Norwegian martyrdom (“martyrdom”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??(?).t?(?).d?m/

Noun

martyrdom (countable and uncountable, plural martyrdoms)

1. The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.
   • 1681, George Hickes, “A Sermon Preached before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of London”:

     The like clamour, and outcry, the Rabble of the unbelieving Jews and Gentiles made again?t Polycarp Bi?hop of Smyrna, at the time of his Martyrdom. crying out again?t him to the Governour, that he ?hould ca?t him to the Lyons, and when he an?wered them he could not, becau?e the Spectacular ?ports were concluded, then they cry’d out, Burn him, burn him, ju?t as the Jews cryed out again?t Chri?t to Pilate, Crucify him, crucify him.

2. Extreme suffering, affliction; torment; torture, especially without reason.

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on martyrdom

Old English

Etymology

From martyr +? -d?m.

Noun

martyrd?m m

1. martyrdom

Declension

Synonyms

• martyrh?d

Descendants

• Middle English: martyrdome, martirdom, marterdom
  • English: martyrdom
  • Scots: martirdome

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “martyrd?m”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.