单词 | criniferous |
释义 | > as lemmascriniferous criniferous adj. Brit. /krʌɪˈnɪf(ə)rəs/ , /krᵻˈnɪf(ə)rəs/ , U.S. /krəˈnɪf(ə)rəs/ , /kraɪˈnɪf(ə)rəs/ now rare having hair; covered in hair, hairy; cf. crinigerous adj.ΚΠ 1706 Female Grievances Debated 82 She could not stoop but she must fright the standers By with the terrible Appearance of her Criniferous Bugbear. 1789 W. Woty Poet. Amusem. 42 The swagg'ring fop, who weaves, Obedient to his Will the curl, and trims The chin criniferous. 1837 New Monthly Mag. 49 550 Those criniferous appendages to the head worn by the bucks of that period. 1868 Debow's Rev. July 605 Above the furrowed forehead of sixty, nowadays, rises a criniferous scalp, whose carefully manipulated locks would do honor to a youth of twenty. 1977 Charleston (W. Virginia) Gaz. 29 Nov. 16/1 During the 60s when multitudes of acersecomic folk were running about..we had to make do in describing them with mundane adjectives like hairy or shaggy or hirsute..William F. Buckley Jr...described them as criniferous and piliferous and perhaps even villous. < as lemmas |
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