单词 | dabby |
释义 | dabbyadj. Damp, moist: (of clothes) wet and clinging to the body; flabby; flaccid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective] moista1382 moistfula1398 undriedc1440 wak1513 mocha1522 humorous1526 humidc1550 dabby1581 fat1598 unparched1599 moistish1610 dampisha1642 weakya1642 rafty1655 dampya1691 damp1706 mochy1794 danky1820 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea (new ed.) iii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 131v When the stormy southerne winde with dankish dabby face Of hoary winter sendeth out the gushing showres apace. 1812 Sporting Mag. 40 167 All very greasy, blousy, dabby, dusty, salt-watery, and so on. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Dabby, moist, and somewhat adhesive; sticking to the skin like wet linen. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows I. v. 113 Your..overalls, which hang dabby and flabby about your legs. a1845 T. Hood Domest. Asides iv I should have loved to kiss her so,—(A flabby, dabby babby!). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1581 |
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