单词 | leafdom |
释义 | leafdomn. Foliage, esp. when viewed as constituting a world of its own. Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > leaves or foliage shadec1000 leafOE felourea1400 filourc1400 hair1551 leafage1599 foliage1601 umbrage1657 foliature1682 folia1730 greenery1826 leafery1834 feather1842 leafdom1856 leaf mass1857 greening1895 1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 127 What life the little Creeper of the Tree To leafdom sends. 1888 M. W. Hungerford Under-currents I. i. 1 Clothed with a tender foliage, a very baby leafdom, just bursting into the fuller life. 1902 San Antonio (Texas) Daily Light 2 Aug. 4/2 The Queen of Belgium was a grandmother in the sear and yellow leafdom of life. 1997 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Nov. b1/1 Out there in the yard, he's like any suburbanite momentarily unconcerned with anything beyond the world of leafdom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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