mawedadj.

Brit.

/mɔːd/, U.S.

/mɔd/,

/mɑd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maw n.¹, -ed suffix².

Etymology: < maw n.¹ + -ed suffix².

With modifying word: having a maw or maws of the type or number specified. Also figurative.

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1622 J. Taylor Water-cormorant sig. A4^v Yet herein these wide maw'd Esacians, May well agree with these Ignatians.

1868 S. Lanier Jacquerie in Poems (1903) 193 He had tossed great sops of royalty Unto the clamorous, three-mawed baying beast.

1913 E. H. Hickey Later Poems 17 With hunger unstaunched, you have left your quarry behind; Red-toothed, red-mawed, forgone your meal!

1999 Guardian 13 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) 3/1 Hear that, girls? You're not just a many-mawed monster, good only as a market for shoddy merchandise.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mawed
释义	mawedadj. Brit. /mɔːd/, U.S. /mɔd/, /mɑd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maw n.¹, -ed suffix². Etymology: < maw n.¹ + -ed suffix². With modifying word: having a maw or maws of the type or number specified. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1622 J. Taylor Water-cormorant sig. A4^v Yet herein these wide maw'd Esacians, May well agree with these Ignatians. 1868 S. Lanier Jacquerie in Poems (1903) 193 He had tossed great sops of royalty Unto the clamorous, three-mawed baying beast. 1913 E. H. Hickey Later Poems 17 With hunger unstaunched, you have left your quarry behind; Red-toothed, red-mawed, forgone your meal! 1999 Guardian 13 Nov. (Weekend Suppl.) 3/1 Hear that, girls? You're not just a many-mawed monster, good only as a market for shoddy merchandise. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1622
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