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floricide(n.)

"摧毁花朵的人",1841年,源自拉丁语 florisflos 的属格,意为"花朵"(参见 flora)+ -cide "杀手"。

[S]urely there is cruelty and gross selfishness in cutting down for our own fleeting gratification that which would have ministered to the enjoyments of all for weeks or months. Frankly do I confess that I dislike a wanton floricide. He has robbed the world of a pleasure; he has blotted out a word from God's earth-written poetry. [New Monthly Magazine, April 1847]
“毫无疑问,为了我们自己短暂的满足而砍下那些本可以让所有人享受数周或数月的花朵,是残忍和极度自私的行为。坦率地说,我不喜欢肆意摧毁花朵的人。他剥夺了世界的一份乐趣; 他抹去了上帝在大地上写下的诗句。” [《新月刊》杂志,1847年4月]

该词起源时间:1841年