pitfallingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

pitfalling (not comparable)

1. Entrapping; ensnaring.
   • 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:

     able to shew us the ways of the Lord straight and faithful as they are, not full of cranks and contradictions, and pitfalling dispenses

   • 2013, Julian Mitchell, Imaginary Toys:

     But always with my future as Nicholas's illustration of moral pitfalling possibilities.

   • 2017, Chris Barsanti, The Handy New York City Answer Book:

     If one is looking for evidence of last-days decadence in New York during the pitfalling 1970s—which had an entirely different feel from the money-first decadence of the 1980s, except that obth involved turckloads of cocaine—you wouldn't have to look much further than Studio 54.