high-crestedadj.

Brit.

/ˌhʌɪˈkrɛstᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪˌkrɛstəd/

Forms: see high adj. and n.² and crested adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., crested adj.

Etymology: < high adj. + crested adj.

a. Having a high crest (in various senses of crest n.¹).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > other

high-crested1592

muffed1813

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [adjective] > high or very high

mountains high1719

high-crested1861

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 20 A knight of fierce countenance..bearing vpon his head a high crested helmet [It. apice cristata galea].

1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 25 Plumps of thick firre-trees, and high-crested Okes [Gk. δρῦς ὑψικόμους].

1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 2 The Silver Dove..Runs through a Vale high crested Cliffs o'reshade.

1746 C. Bennet Moffet's Health's Improvem. xi. 189 Some of each sort are high crested like a Lapwing.

1775 R. Shepherd Miscellanies I. 26 From the high crested hill roves my eye, But no eye sees the frisking dogs bound before him.

1840 G. C. G. F. Berkeley Sandron Hall I. ii. 32 Pacing down the avenue..on a good, substantial, high-crested,..hunterlike-looking horse.

1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 173 The rolling away of the high-crested seas.

1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 24 May 27/1 The high-crested wave which breaks, even on windless days, over submerged rocks near the coastline.

1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) x. 67 The skull is very much like that of a long-snouted crocodile, though it is rather high-crested in profile.

2004 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 8/2 These heavy infantrymen, carrying shields and wearing high-crested Corinthian-style helmets, appear to be going off to war.

†b. spec. Of an arrowhead: having a high ridge. Cf. crest n.¹ 9. Obsolete. rare.hie creased in quot. 1545 at creased adj. perhaps represents a variant spelling of or typographical error for this word.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective] > type of head

high-rigged1545

high-crested1671

leaf-shaped1798

1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) High-crested [1706 or High-rigged] (A Term in Archery) see Shoulder-head.

2. figurative. Proud, arrogant; triumphant; (also) exalted. Cf. crest n.¹ 1b, crestfallen adj. 1. Now rare (chiefly poetic in later use).

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the mind > emotion > pride > [adjective] > elated with pride

elatec1386

vokiea1510

cock-a-hoop1564

perched1600

crest-risen1611

high-crested1611

elated1615

perked1824

1611 T. Coryate Crambe sig. D2^v What Monarch [is] so high-crested, that doeth not esteeme..his Sublimitie gloriously magnified by being condignely qualified with the resplendent honour of the English Garter?

a1641 A. Munday et al. Bk. Sir Thomas More (1844) 14 This highe-creasted insolence.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xliii. 191 The most coped, lofty, and high-crested Poets affirme that to be the place where Juno's milk fell.

1721 C. Leslie Theol. Wks. II. 335 The Quakers..are now grown so insolent and high-crested as to upbraid others who had something to lose.

1799 A. Knox Ess. Polit. Circumstances Ireland xix. 192 The Executive Government..would have been..the scorn and derision, of high-crested Jacobinism.

1828 Red Barn ix. 230 Stafford was..haughty and high crested still.

1864 G. H. Calvert Arnold & André i. ii. 26 High-crested victory flaps freshened wings, Fanning the fires of native valiantness.

1909 C. Montenegro Alcestis ii. 84 In the broad wake Of his high-crested deeds flows goodly change.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high-crested
释义	high-crestedadj. Brit. /ˌhʌɪˈkrɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌkrɛstəd/ Forms: see high adj. and n.² and crested adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., crested adj. Etymology: < high adj. + crested adj. 1. a. Having a high crest (in various senses of crest n.¹). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > other high-crested1592 muffed1813 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [adjective] > high or very high mountains high1719 high-crested1861 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 20 A knight of fierce countenance..bearing vpon his head a high crested helmet [It. apice cristata galea]. 1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 25 Plumps of thick firre-trees, and high-crested Okes [Gk. δρῦς ὑψικόμους]. 1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 2 The Silver Dove..Runs through a Vale high crested Cliffs o'reshade. 1746 C. Bennet Moffet's Health's Improvem. xi. 189 Some of each sort are high crested like a Lapwing. 1775 R. Shepherd Miscellanies I. 26 From the high crested hill roves my eye, But no eye sees the frisking dogs bound before him. 1840 G. C. G. F. Berkeley Sandron Hall I. ii. 32 Pacing down the avenue..on a good, substantial, high-crested,..hunterlike-looking horse. 1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 173 The rolling away of the high-crested seas. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 24 May 27/1 The high-crested wave which breaks, even on windless days, over submerged rocks near the coastline. 1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) x. 67 The skull is very much like that of a long-snouted crocodile, though it is rather high-crested in profile. 2004 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 8/2 These heavy infantrymen, carrying shields and wearing high-crested Corinthian-style helmets, appear to be going off to war. †b. spec. Of an arrowhead: having a high ridge. Cf. crest n.¹ 9. Obsolete. rare.hie creased in quot. 1545 at creased adj. perhaps represents a variant spelling of or typographical error for this word.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective] > type of head high-rigged1545 high-crested1671 leaf-shaped1798 1671 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) High-crested [1706 or High-rigged] (A Term in Archery) see Shoulder-head. 2. figurative. Proud, arrogant; triumphant; (also) exalted. Cf. crest n.¹ 1b, crestfallen adj. 1. Now rare (chiefly poetic in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > [adjective] > elated with pride elatec1386 vokiea1510 cock-a-hoop1564 perched1600 crest-risen1611 high-crested1611 elated1615 perked1824 1611 T. Coryate Crambe sig. D2^v What Monarch [is] so high-crested, that doeth not esteeme..his Sublimitie gloriously magnified by being condignely qualified with the resplendent honour of the English Garter? a1641 A. Munday et al. Bk. Sir Thomas More (1844) 14 This highe-creasted insolence. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xliii. 191 The most coped, lofty, and high-crested Poets affirme that to be the place where Juno's milk fell. 1721 C. Leslie Theol. Wks. II. 335 The Quakers..are now grown so insolent and high-crested as to upbraid others who had something to lose. 1799 A. Knox Ess. Polit. Circumstances Ireland xix. 192 The Executive Government..would have been..the scorn and derision, of high-crested Jacobinism. 1828 Red Barn ix. 230 Stafford was..haughty and high crested still. 1864 G. H. Calvert Arnold & André i. ii. 26 High-crested victory flaps freshened wings, Fanning the fires of native valiantness. 1909 C. Montenegro Alcestis ii. 84 In the broad wake Of his high-crested deeds flows goodly change. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1592
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