单词 | freckly |
释义 | frecklyadj. Full of spots or freckles. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [adjective] > spot or mark > freckle freckened?a1400 freckledc1440 frecknyc1440 fernticled1483 chitty1552 lentiginous1598 freckled-faced1612 frecklish1692 frecklya1704 flecked1868 a1704 T. Brown Highlander in Wks. (1707) I. i. 159 He..plumps his Freckly Cheeks with stinking Weed [sc. Tobacco]. 1740 P. Pineda New Dict., Spanish & Eng. (new ed.) Sarpullido, freckly, motly, or full of small Spots. 1935 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans v. 156 Skin Colour. Light, Medium, Swarthy, Freckly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † frecklyfracklyadv. Chiefly Scottish. a. Voraciously, greedily. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adverb] > eating voraciously greedilyc1000 frecklyc1275 ravenously?a1425 frechedlyc1450 raveningly1533 devouringly1552 locust-like1596 gulchingly1598 greedy1599 voraciously1752 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15860 He æt of ane uisce uret-liche swiðe. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 166 Thai rostit in hy thair met, And fell rycht frakly [1489 Adv. freschly] for till et. b. Eagerly, with spirit, promptly, lustily. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > eagerly cofeOE coflyc1000 greedilyc1200 heterlya1225 eagerlyc1380 titea1400 yaplya1400 prestc1400 willesfullyc1400 frecklyc1440 agogc1450 angardlyc1540 c1440 York Myst. xi. 393 Do charge oure charyottis swithe And frekly folowes me. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. vii. 164 Wonder frakly thai Onto thair labour can thaim all addres. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 362 The gentilmen offerit tham selves verie fraclie. a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) III. 669 How fracklie, as a perjured and man-sworne person he went forward. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.a1704adv.c1275 |
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