单词 | gingreate |
释义 | † gingreatev. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. Of a bird: to chirp.Apparently only attested in dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > chirp or twitter chirmOE chattera1250 janglea1300 jargon?a1366 chirkc1386 chirtc1386 chitterc1386 twittera1387 chirpc1440 yipc1440 channerc1480 quitter1513 chirrup1579 chipper1593 pip1598 gingreate1623 chita1639 sweet1677 shatter17.. swee-swee1839 weet-weet1845 cheet1855 tweet1856 twiddle1863 weet1866 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Gingreate, to chirpe as birds doe. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Gingreat, to chirp like a bird. [Also in later dictionaries]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1623 |
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