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stricken (iou)



stricken adjective. L15.
[pa. pple of STRIKE verb.]
Of a measure: having its contents levelled with the brim of the measuring vessel; level, not heaped. L15.
Esp. of a deer: wounded in a hunt. E16.
Struck with a blow. Also, (of a sound or note) produced by striking a blow. M16.
R. Lowell The stricken..gong made sounds like steam banging through pipes.
Afflicted with grief, despair, etc.; affected by or overcome with illness; overwhelmed with misfortune, fear, etc.; (of a person's face) showing great distress. Freq. as 2nd elem. of comb. L18.
horror-stricken, panic-stricken, etc.
W. Horwood Appalled, hurt, stricken more in heart and mind than body. New Yorker She looked stricken as she saw the paint being absorbed by the rug.
Special collocations: stricken field (chiefly literary) a joined engagement between armed forces or combatants; a pitched battle. stricken hour arch. a full hour as indicated by the striking of the clock.
? See also stricken in years, stricken in age s.v. STRIKE verb.
strickenly adverb L19.