单词 | gat-toothed |
释义 | † gat-toothedadj. Obsolete. rare. Having the teeth set wide apart. This is said to be popularly regarded as a sign that the person will be lucky and travel much (Skeat), and was perhaps so intended by Chaucer. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [adjective] > set wide apart gat-toothedc1386 gap-toothed1567 c1386 G. Chaucer Wife's Prol. 603 Gat tothed was I, and that bicam me weel. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) 468 She koude muchel of wandrynge by the weye Gattothed was she, soothly for to seye. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.c1386 |
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