FromLate Latinabacinātus, perfect passive participle ofabacinō; possibly formed fromab(“off”) +bacīnum(“a basin”) orbacīnus. Probably cognate with modern Italianabbacinare(“to dazzle”).
abacinate (third-person singular simple presentabacinates,present participleabacinating,simple past and past participleabacinated)
- (transitive, rare) Toblind by holding ared-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
1905, James M. Ludlow,Sir Raoul,page233:"You young scapegrace," said Dandolo, "I will myselfabacinate you — in the Venetian way." "How's that?" "Blind your eyes with the glare, not of hot irons, but of new ducats. Count your pile."
1945, Robert Hardy Andrews,Burning Gold[1], page196:Their straining eyesabacinated by the cup of terror, their throats stopped, their powers dead within them, they hung breathless, motionless.
1986, Jeff Hanneman, “Angel of Death”, inReign in Blood, performed by Slayer:Abacinate, eyes that bleed, praying for the end of your wide awake nightmare.
1999, Srinivas Aravamudan,Tropicopolitans,→ISBN,page220:This chiasmic image of the subject's imperviousness suggests a sensory deprivation beyond sublimity, like that ofabacinated anti-epistemology.
to blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
abacināte
- second-personpluralpresentactiveimperative ofabacinō
