† gunpowderedadj.
Obsolete.
1.
a. Charged with gunpowder.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [adjective] > explosive for use with firearms > charged with gunpowder
gunpowdered1562
1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 46, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre Vnto euery one of whiche [sc. fireworks], muste bee put a peece of a gunpouldred matche.
b. figurative. Readily inflamed or excited.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > [adjective]
fevering?a1200
upreareda1382
warm1390
amoveda1400
entalented1402
stirred1483
intoxicatea1533
roused1575
vibrant1575
waked1581
irritated1595
uproused1597
gunpowdered1604
concitated1652
exagitated1659
animated1660
upstirreda1666
instinct1667
hot-headed1679
flushed1749
abubble1766
agig1767
fermentitious1807
suscitated1811
effervescent1833
effervescing1837
quick1837
galvanized1843
ginger beery1849
excited1855
ablaze1859
het1862
effervescible1866
thrilly1893
piqued1902
all of a doodah1915
hopped-up1923
adrenalized1935
volted1936
hyped1938
spooked up1939
twitterpated1942
up1942
jazzed1955
psyched1963
amped1967
plugged-in1967
torqued1967
buzzy1978
the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective] > inflamed (of anger)
overboiling1594
gunpowdered1604
red1609
incensed1612
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. i. 6 Lest, by casting forth a sparke of fire, his gun-powdred minde of a sodayne be inflamed.
1622 J. Abernethy Christian & Heavenly Treat. (1630) 293 That fervent, gunpowdered and sudden anger.
2. Begrimed with gunpowder.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > [adjective] > grimy > in specific manner
gunpowdered1702
cindery1847
1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant i. ii. 11 We..saw peeping over a parcel of Scare-crow, Olive colour'd, Gun-powder Fellows, as ugly as the Devil.
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