crammedadj.

/kramd/

Etymology: < cram v.

1. Stuffed full beyond the natural capacity; spec. fattened for the table.

ΚΠ

1587 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. 73 The crammed fowle comes quickly to his death.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xxii. 241 As fat as cram'd Capons.

a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) I. xvi. 161 A Couple of crammed Fowls, with Oyster Sauce.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vii. 272 No cramm'd cartouch their belted back attires.

2. colloquial. Of a lesson, etc.: ‘Got up’ hastily for the occasion. Of a student: Prepared for an examination by ‘cramming’.

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1837 Ld. Beaconsfield Corr. with Sister 21 Nov. L— made a crammed speech like a schoolboy.

1890 Daily News 14 Aug. 4/8 The crammer has given his pupils ‘tips’ out of Goethe [etc.] which the crammed reproduce more or less inaccurately and unintelligently.

Derivatives

ˈcrammedness n. state of being crammed.

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1802 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 410 There is not that crammedness of population.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	crammed
释义	crammedadj. /kramd/ Etymology: < cram v. 1. Stuffed full beyond the natural capacity; spec. fattened for the table. ΚΠ 1587 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. 73 The crammed fowle comes quickly to his death. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xxii. 241 As fat as cram'd Capons. a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) I. xvi. 161 A Couple of crammed Fowls, with Oyster Sauce. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vii. 272 No cramm'd cartouch their belted back attires. 2. colloquial. Of a lesson, etc.: ‘Got up’ hastily for the occasion. Of a student: Prepared for an examination by ‘cramming’. ΚΠ 1837 Ld. Beaconsfield Corr. with Sister 21 Nov. L— made a crammed speech like a schoolboy. 1890 Daily News 14 Aug. 4/8 The crammer has given his pupils ‘tips’ out of Goethe [etc.] which the crammed reproduce more or less inaccurately and unintelligently. Derivatives ˈcrammedness n. state of being crammed. ΚΠ 1802 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 410 There is not that crammedness of population. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1587
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