obtruncated

English

Verb

obtruncated

  1. simple past and past participle of obtruncate
    • 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman:
      "——To die, is the great debt and tribute due unto nature: tombs and monuments, which should perpetuate our memories, pay it themselves; and the proudest pyramid of them all, which wealth and science have erected, has lost its apex, and stands obtruncated in the traveller's horizon."
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