单词 | doughish |
释义 | doughishadj. Somewhat rare. Of the nature of or resembling dough, esp. in colour or appearance. Also, chiefly in early use: underbaked, having an unpleasantly doughy consistency. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [adjective] > soggy or imperfectly baked dough-baken?a1450 clammy1530 doughish1556 doughy1578 dough-baked1582 slack-baked1823 sod1836 soggy1868 1556 J. Withals Short Dict. (new ed.) sig. Niv/2 Dowghyshe breadde, not full bake, rubidus panis. 1588 T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia sig. Cv They bruse or pound them [sc. the beanes and peaze] in a morter, & thereof make loaues or lumps of dowishe bread. 1896 J. P. Munroe Educ. Ideal viii. 198 Pestalozzi..was..a ferment sent to leaven the doughish lump of humanity. 1906 Sydney Morning Herald 25 Sept. 3/5 He found it [sc. the bread] doughish, with an insipid, musty flavour. 1931 Amer. Mercury Sept. 72/2 The upper..[chin] was bearded, and lay darkly upon the doughish whiteness of the lower one. 1991 S. Bringsjord Soft Wars xi. 162 He was forty-one, but looked sixty; had a doughish, jowly face. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1556 |
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