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spoilt, ppl. a.|spɔɪlt|
[f. spoil v.1]
= spoiled ppl. a. in various senses.
1816Jane Austen Emma III. xvii. 312, I am losing all my bitterness against spoilt children. 1841Browning Pippa Passes Poems (1905) 182 The wry spoilt branch 's a natural perfect bow! 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 264 He is a Thessalian Alcibiades, rich and luxurious—a spoilt child of fortune. 1890Science-Gossip XXVI. 21 The egg had a very patchy and spoilt appearance. 1935W. G. Gillings Handbk. for Presiding Officers 25 The spoilt ballot paper shall be at once cancelled by the presiding officer. 1983Times 5 July 10/7 We are not protesting like spoilt children.
Comb.1833Hood Publ. Dinner 174 Wet-footed—spoilt-beaver'd,..You haste home to supper. |