| 单词 | mealy-buttocked |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmealy-buttocked S1. Parasynthetic, as (sense 1) mealy-buttocked, mealy-flanked, mealy-legged, mealy-muzzled, mealy-nosed, mealy-winged adjs.; (sense 2c) mealy-complexioned, mealy-faced adjs. See also mealy-mouthed adj. ΚΠ 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xv. 141 Some flye with two wings,..some with foure, as all farinaceous or mealy winged animals, as Butter-flies and Moths. View more context for this quotation 1691 London Gaz. No. 2692/4 Stolen.., a black brown Nag,..mealy Buttock'd, and mealy Nosed with a Star on his Snip. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3978/4 A brown Nag..mealy Flank't. 1840 R. H. Barham Legend Hamilton Tighe in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 157 They bring her a little, pale, mealy-faced boy. 1845 R. S. Surtees Hillingdon Hall II. xxviii. 220 Riding a mealy-legged, mealy-muzzled..cart-horse. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxvi. 79 A mealy-complexioned male. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius viii A mealy-faced, over-cerebrated people are springing up. 1928 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 15/2 This mealy-winged flutterer..is made the valued inventor of some classic nonsense. 2008 R. Iyer 660 Curries 356/1 This slightly mealy-textured, earthy-flavored legume [sc. horse gram] can stand up to strong flavors. < as lemmas |
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