marblyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːbl̩i/, U.S.

/ˈmɑrbl̩i/

Forms: late Middle English marbely, late Middle English marbylle, 1600s– marbly; also Scottish pre-1700 marblie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: marble n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < marble n. + -y suffix¹.

Resembling, or having the appearance of, marble; rigid, cold, or still like marble.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > marbled

marblea1450

marblya1450

marbled1629

marly1721

marbleized1851

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective]

hardeOE

braasny1382

dure1412

flinty?1541

obdurate1598

putaminous1598

oakeda1618

marblya1620

obdure1625

marmorean1656

durous1666

calculous1682

scirrhous1694

horn-hard1768

marmoreal1798

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > as marble

marblya1620

marmoreal1798

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > marble

marblea1382

Pentelic1579

marblya1620

marmoreous1709

Pentelician1741

picturesque1762

marmoraceous1822

Pentelican1850

Lucullan1857

Connemara1861

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > like specific substance or material

silken1513

marble1558

ivorya1586

velvet1592

satin1605

silka1616

velvet-like1677

satin-like1680

satined1693

satiny1693

velvety1752

marbly1814

satin-smooth1838

ivorine1888

ivoried1890

swanskin1925

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as marble or alabaster

marble1565

alabaster1566

alabastrine1578

marmorean1656

marbly1814

marmoreal1869

a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 29 (MED) Caste þer-to Saunderys & Safroun, & loke it be marbylle [v.r. marbely].

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §4. 179 Whatsoeuer Monsters strange, in marbly Seas doe breed.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. 305 Salt-gem..is also called stonie, marblie Salt.

1683 in Coll. for Hist. Aberdeen & Banff (1843) 107 A marblie soyle on a clay bed is absolutely the best.

1753 A. Hill Dream in Wks. III. 179 The willing ghost his marbly fetters broke, And rose up.

1814 Mermaid ii. i, in New Brit. Theatre II. 486 The marbly lustre of her skin.

1845 R. Browning Bishop orders Tomb 75 And have I not..mistresses with great smooth marbly limbs?

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) i. 69 Above the blue sea rose the white marbly terraces.

1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes 189 The marbly stillness of thousands of years.

1935 G. Greene in Spectator 9 Aug. 222/2 Those marbly pupils in the pasty spherical face are like the eye-pieces of a microscope through which you can see laid flat on the slide the entangled mind of a man.

1987 New Yorker 3 Aug. 41/1 The sky was growing marbly against the moon, and she said she hated a marble sky.

1990 A. S. Byatt Possession viii. 148 The bath stood monumental and deep in the very centre of the room, rising on clawed lion-feet, a kind of marbly sarcophagus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	marbly
释义	marblyadj. Brit. /ˈmɑːbl̩i/, U.S. /ˈmɑrbl̩i/ Forms: late Middle English marbely, late Middle English marbylle, 1600s– marbly; also Scottish pre-1700 marblie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: marble n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < marble n. + -y suffix¹. Resembling, or having the appearance of, marble; rigid, cold, or still like marble. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [adjective] > marbled marblea1450 marblya1450 marbled1629 marly1721 marbleized1851 the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective] hardeOE braasny1382 dure1412 flinty?1541 obdurate1598 putaminous1598 oakeda1618 marblya1620 obdure1625 marmorean1656 durous1666 calculous1682 scirrhous1694 horn-hard1768 marmoreal1798 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > as marble marblya1620 marmoreal1798 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > marble marblea1382 Pentelic1579 marblya1620 marmoreous1709 Pentelician1741 picturesque1762 marmoraceous1822 Pentelican1850 Lucullan1857 Connemara1861 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > like specific substance or material silken1513 marble1558 ivorya1586 velvet1592 satin1605 silka1616 velvet-like1677 satin-like1680 satined1693 satiny1693 velvety1752 marbly1814 satin-smooth1838 ivorine1888 ivoried1890 swanskin1925 the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as marble or alabaster marble1565 alabaster1566 alabastrine1578 marmorean1656 marbly1814 marmoreal1869 a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 29 (MED) Caste þer-to Saunderys & Safroun, & loke it be marbylle [v.r. marbely]. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §4. 179 Whatsoeuer Monsters strange, in marbly Seas doe breed. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. 305 Salt-gem..is also called stonie, marblie Salt. 1683 in Coll. for Hist. Aberdeen & Banff (1843) 107 A marblie soyle on a clay bed is absolutely the best. 1753 A. Hill Dream in Wks. III. 179 The willing ghost his marbly fetters broke, And rose up. 1814 Mermaid ii. i, in New Brit. Theatre II. 486 The marbly lustre of her skin. 1845 R. Browning Bishop orders Tomb 75 And have I not..mistresses with great smooth marbly limbs? 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) i. 69 Above the blue sea rose the white marbly terraces. 1858 G. MacDonald Phantastes 189 The marbly stillness of thousands of years. 1935 G. Greene in Spectator 9 Aug. 222/2 Those marbly pupils in the pasty spherical face are like the eye-pieces of a microscope through which you can see laid flat on the slide the entangled mind of a man. 1987 New Yorker 3 Aug. 41/1 The sky was growing marbly against the moon, and she said she hated a marble sky. 1990 A. S. Byatt Possession viii. 148 The bath stood monumental and deep in the very centre of the room, rising on clawed lion-feet, a kind of marbly sarcophagus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1450
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