既き倒とう

noun

falling suddenly; already fallen

Rare literary noun. Most often seen in the set phrase 既倒に懲りる (learning from a past failure) or in classical descriptions of something that has already collapsed.

• 「既き倒とう」は、すでに倒たおれてしまった状じょう態たいを指さす古ふるい表ひょう現げんだ。