| 单词 | motley-faced |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmotley-faced C1. Parasynthetic and instrumental, as motley-coloured, motley-faced, motley-peopled, motley-speckled, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia i. sig. C4 And motley fac'd Dissimulation, Is crept into our euery fashion. 1676 London Gaz. No. 1114/4 Lost..a Motly-speckled Greyhound. 1799 J. Strutt Compl. View Dress & Habits People of Eng. II. 279 The Merchand [in the Cant. T.]..is clothed in a motley-coloured garment. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 260 This..motley-peopled capital. 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. Aug. 206/3 The motley-colored butcher [sc. a matador] appeared on the scene with his sharp Toledo blade. 1986 V. Hearne Adam's Task (1987) iii. 52 My motley-coated cat..is..contemplating..the curious ways the shadows move round and round. < as lemmas |
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