muffledadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌfld/, U.S.

/ˈməfəld/

Forms: 1500s–1800s mufled, 1500s– muffled.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muffle v.¹, -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < muffle v.¹ + -ed suffix¹. Compare Middle French (rare) mouflé wearing a muff (1507).With sense 2 compare later muffle n.² With sense 3 compare muffed adj.¹ With sense 5 compare muffed adj.²

a. Wrapped or covered up, esp. around the face, for the purpose of protection, concealment, or disguise. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > and concealed

wriena1250

tectc1440

velated1542

veiled1551

muffled1566

encurtained1595

involucrous1622

tected1657

hooded1866

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [adjective] > to conceal head or face

visoredc1380

in masker1519

in maska1533

muffled1566

vizarded1593

viserneda1599

masked1599

bemasked1620

larvated1623

crape-faced1815

bird-masked1876

stocking-masked1971

ski-masked1976

1566 T. Churchyard Churchyardes Farewell (single sheet) Then shoulde the mufled men, Shew foorth their faces bare.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. F3 O comfort-killing night,..Blinde muffled bawd.

1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 31 His muffled feature speakes him a recluse.

1713 C. Cibber tr. P. Corneille in Cinna's Conspiracy Prol. l. 9 The Men, who muffled Nymphs ingage.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. 288 A muffled horseman late Had left it at the castle-gate.

1824 J. Carlyle Let. 18 Apr. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) III. 64 A slovenly, muffled-up, snail-paced little man.

1898 J. B. Wollocombe From Morn till Eve iv. 35 Muffled figures, with shawls wrapped over mouth and nose.

1947 New Times (Moscow) 20 June 24/2 In the streets of Sarajevo you may meet Moslem women wearing the paranjah. But you needn't be surprised if the muffled figure under the black horsehair veil turns out to be a local women's leader.

1977 M. Atwood Polarities in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories (1978) 27 He paid the admission fee to the scarfed and muffled figure in the booth.

1991 A. Chaudhuri Strange & Sublime Addr. (1992) ix. 74 Everyone would be sleeping, of course, muffled heads and breathing bundles of bodies.

b. In extended use.

ΚΠ

1570 T. Churchyard Disc. Rebellion sig. Aiv Right was banish quite And mufled worlde, in mischeife toke delite.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. v. sig. C4^v Yet will our muffled thought Choose rather not to see it, then auoyde it.

1616 R. Anton Philosophers Satyrs 4 Our Brittish Sunne, rose from his East,..Burnisht our mufled darknesse.

1715 L. Theobald Persian Princess ii. i. 24 The Croud..See not the muffled Vices of thy Soul.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. iv. 43 The Indians would not fail to notice so many muffled tracks.

1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 40 Keen as lightning through a muffled sky.

1926 E. S. Babcock in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1925 99 The Martyr's Memorial lifted its venerable challenge into the muffled gray.

1994 Fellowship Catholic Scholars Newslet. Dec. 24/1 The primeval Non Serviam! of the Devil with her attitude of muffled rebellion against the apostolic hierarchy.

†c. spec. Intellectually blinded. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > [adjective] > blindfolded

blindwharvedc1320

yblynded1387

winking1390

blindfold1483

siled1567

amaskeda1571

blindfolded1579

hoodwink1580

veiled1602

andabatarian1624

muffled?1630

hoodwinked1640

hooded1652

?1630 T. Adams Wks. 1153 Muffled Pagans know there is a God, but not what this God is.

2. Having or wearing boxing gloves (see muffle n.² 2); (British regional) wearing mittens (see muffle n.² 1). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [adjective] > attributes of boxer

muffled1721

lightweight1823

punch-drunk1911

punchless1913

southpaw1914

light welter1950

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 50 A mufled Cat was never a good Hunter.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. v. 37 He was..a Match for one of the first Rate Boxers, and could..have beaten all the muffled Graduates of Mr. Broughton's School.

1881 R. L. Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque 143 He seems to himself to touch things with muffled hands, and to see them through a veil.

3. Of a bird, esp. a fowl: having a topknot or tuft of feathers on the head, or feathers protruding from under the throat. Also: covered with feathers. Cf. muff n.¹ 3c, muffed adj.¹ 1a.

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having bird's head > with appendage or crest

muffled1735

muffed1742

tufted1766

umbrellaeda1807

rose-combed1848

opisthocomine1890

1735 S.-Carolina Gaz. 15 Nov. 3/1 There is at the House of Mr. Ch: Shepheard a muffled Cock.

1845 Zoologist 3 929 I never met with more than two kinds of woodcocks, the one, the common muffed or muffled cock..and the other a much smaller bird of darker plumage.

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Muffled, covered with feathers. A fowl is said to be muffled down to its feet.

a1903 W. C. Boulter in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 192/2 [Worcestershire] Birds muffled down to their very claws.

a. Of a bell, drum, oars, etc.: covered or wrapped up so as to deaden sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adjective] > deadening > deadened > wrapped so as to deaden

muffled1762

1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 178 And the muffled bells rung a peal of Bob Major.

1813 Ld. Byron Giaour (ed. 3) 3 Then stealing with the muffled oar,..Rush the night-prowlers on the prey.

1839 H. W. Longfellow Psalm of Life iv Our hearts..like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Muffled drum, the sound is thus damped at funerals: passing the spare cord, which is made of drummer's plait (to carry the drum over the shoulder), twice through the snares or cords which cross the lower diameter of the drum.

1872 J. G. Holland Marble Prophecy 84 But they knock with muffled hammers.

1904 M. Hewlett Queen's Quair ii. vii. 285 You could hear the regular galloping of a horse, pulsing in the dark like some muffled pendulum.

1948 C. Day Lewis Poems 1943–7 69 They spoke as muffled drums Darkly messaging, ‘All decays’.

1986 I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 212 Sculling at night with a muffled oar and a pitch flare, netting guarfish above the shallow seagrass flats.

b. Of a sound: deadened as if proceeding from something muffled. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adjective] > deadening > deadened

deaf1612

deadened1720

smothered1810

dully1832

muffled1837

muted1860

sordine1894

sourdine1898

1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. i. ii. 25 His ear..caught the faint muffled sound of creeping footsteps.

1846 W. Blunt Use & Abuse Church Bells 5 Persons..who ring ‘the muffled’ or ‘the merry peal’ for the rich man's sorrow or rejoicing.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlviii. 71 The sorrow..Whose muffled motions blindly drown The bases of my life in tears.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. viii. 57 A low muffled thunder resounding through the valley.

1922 ‘K. Mansfield’ Garden Party 74 The green baize door that led to the kitchen regions swung open and shut with a muffled thud.

1947 J. Steinbeck Pearl vi. 112 He knew from the muffled sounds that Juana had covered his head with her shawl.

1991 Independent 20 Feb. 1 The continual muffled thuds of allied bombing are like a..thunderstorm—growing and fading.

5. Of glass: made with an uneven surface that leaves it translucent rather than transparent. Cf. muffle v.¹ 5; muff glass n. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adjective] > other types of glass

blownc1425

Bohemian1682

grounded1698

soft1758

unsilvered1772

navelledc1817

drawn-out1822

muffled1847

ambitty1856

muffed1868

roughcast1868

Sandwich1881

fumé1883

hand-blown1885

peach-blow1886

opaque1907

mould-blown1925

offhand1941

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. ii. 16 To my left were the muffled windows.

1908 W. Rosenhain Glass Manuf. 172 Fluted and ‘muffled’ glasses are produced in a very similar manner.., except that the fluting or the irregular surface markings which constitute the peculiarities of these two varieties of glass, are impressed upon the surface of the cylinder at an early stage in the process.

Derivatives

ˈmuffledness n. the state or condition of being muffled; indistinctness.

ΚΠ

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxi. 111 He breathed with a sort of muffledness.

1993 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Nov. vii. 11/1 This conflict between the impulse to collaborate and the impulse to remain objective accounts for the muffledness of Ms. Baker's style.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muffled
释义	muffledadj. Brit. /ˈmʌfld/, U.S. /ˈməfəld/ Forms: 1500s–1800s mufled, 1500s– muffled. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muffle v.¹, -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < muffle v.¹ + -ed suffix¹. Compare Middle French (rare) mouflé wearing a muff (1507).With sense 2 compare later muffle n.² With sense 3 compare muffed adj.¹ With sense 5 compare muffed adj.² 1. a. Wrapped or covered up, esp. around the face, for the purpose of protection, concealment, or disguise. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > and concealed wriena1250 tectc1440 velated1542 veiled1551 muffled1566 encurtained1595 involucrous1622 tected1657 hooded1866 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [adjective] > to conceal head or face visoredc1380 in masker1519 in maska1533 muffled1566 vizarded1593 viserneda1599 masked1599 bemasked1620 larvated1623 crape-faced1815 bird-masked1876 stocking-masked1971 ski-masked1976 1566 T. Churchyard Churchyardes Farewell (single sheet) Then shoulde the mufled men, Shew foorth their faces bare. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. F3 O comfort-killing night,..Blinde muffled bawd. View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 31 His muffled feature speakes him a recluse. 1713 C. Cibber tr. P. Corneille in Cinna's Conspiracy Prol. l. 9 The Men, who muffled Nymphs ingage. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. 288 A muffled horseman late Had left it at the castle-gate. 1824 J. Carlyle Let. 18 Apr. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) III. 64 A slovenly, muffled-up, snail-paced little man. 1898 J. B. Wollocombe From Morn till Eve iv. 35 Muffled figures, with shawls wrapped over mouth and nose. 1947 New Times (Moscow) 20 June 24/2 In the streets of Sarajevo you may meet Moslem women wearing the paranjah. But you needn't be surprised if the muffled figure under the black horsehair veil turns out to be a local women's leader. 1977 M. Atwood Polarities in R. Weaver Canad. Short Stories (1978) 27 He paid the admission fee to the scarfed and muffled figure in the booth. 1991 A. Chaudhuri Strange & Sublime Addr. (1992) ix. 74 Everyone would be sleeping, of course, muffled heads and breathing bundles of bodies. b. In extended use. ΚΠ 1570 T. Churchyard Disc. Rebellion sig. Aiv Right was banish quite And mufled worlde, in mischeife toke delite. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. v. sig. C4^v Yet will our muffled thought Choose rather not to see it, then auoyde it. View more context for this quotation 1616 R. Anton Philosophers Satyrs 4 Our Brittish Sunne, rose from his East,..Burnisht our mufled darknesse. 1715 L. Theobald Persian Princess ii. i. 24 The Croud..See not the muffled Vices of thy Soul. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. iv. 43 The Indians would not fail to notice so many muffled tracks. 1880 J. Thomson City of Dreadful Night 40 Keen as lightning through a muffled sky. 1926 E. S. Babcock in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1925 99 The Martyr's Memorial lifted its venerable challenge into the muffled gray. 1994 Fellowship Catholic Scholars Newslet. Dec. 24/1 The primeval Non Serviam! of the Devil with her attitude of muffled rebellion against the apostolic hierarchy. †c. spec. Intellectually blinded. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > [adjective] > blindfolded blindwharvedc1320 yblynded1387 winking1390 blindfold1483 siled1567 amaskeda1571 blindfolded1579 hoodwink1580 veiled1602 andabatarian1624 muffled?1630 hoodwinked1640 hooded1652 ?1630 T. Adams Wks. 1153 Muffled Pagans know there is a God, but not what this God is. 2. Having or wearing boxing gloves (see muffle n.² 2); (British regional) wearing mittens (see muffle n.² 1). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [adjective] > attributes of boxer muffled1721 lightweight1823 punch-drunk1911 punchless1913 southpaw1914 light welter1950 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 50 A mufled Cat was never a good Hunter. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. v. 37 He was..a Match for one of the first Rate Boxers, and could..have beaten all the muffled Graduates of Mr. Broughton's School. View more context for this quotation 1881 R. L. Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque 143 He seems to himself to touch things with muffled hands, and to see them through a veil. 3. Of a bird, esp. a fowl: having a topknot or tuft of feathers on the head, or feathers protruding from under the throat. Also: covered with feathers. Cf. muff n.¹ 3c, muffed adj.¹ 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having bird's head > with appendage or crest muffled1735 muffed1742 tufted1766 umbrellaeda1807 rose-combed1848 opisthocomine1890 1735 S.-Carolina Gaz. 15 Nov. 3/1 There is at the House of Mr. Ch: Shepheard a muffled Cock. 1845 Zoologist 3 929 I never met with more than two kinds of woodcocks, the one, the common muffed or muffled cock..and the other a much smaller bird of darker plumage. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Muffled, covered with feathers. A fowl is said to be muffled down to its feet. a1903 W. C. Boulter in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 192/2 [Worcestershire] Birds muffled down to their very claws. 4. a. Of a bell, drum, oars, etc.: covered or wrapped up so as to deaden sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adjective] > deadening > deadened > wrapped so as to deaden muffled1762 1762 O. Goldsmith Life R. Nash 178 And the muffled bells rung a peal of Bob Major. 1813 Ld. Byron Giaour (ed. 3) 3 Then stealing with the muffled oar,..Rush the night-prowlers on the prey. 1839 H. W. Longfellow Psalm of Life iv Our hearts..like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Muffled drum, the sound is thus damped at funerals: passing the spare cord, which is made of drummer's plait (to carry the drum over the shoulder), twice through the snares or cords which cross the lower diameter of the drum. 1872 J. G. Holland Marble Prophecy 84 But they knock with muffled hammers. 1904 M. Hewlett Queen's Quair ii. vii. 285 You could hear the regular galloping of a horse, pulsing in the dark like some muffled pendulum. 1948 C. Day Lewis Poems 1943–7 69 They spoke as muffled drums Darkly messaging, ‘All decays’. 1986 I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 212 Sculling at night with a muffled oar and a pitch flare, netting guarfish above the shallow seagrass flats. b. Of a sound: deadened as if proceeding from something muffled. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adjective] > deadening > deadened deaf1612 deadened1720 smothered1810 dully1832 muffled1837 muted1860 sordine1894 sourdine1898 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Ernest Maltravers I. i. ii. 25 His ear..caught the faint muffled sound of creeping footsteps. 1846 W. Blunt Use & Abuse Church Bells 5 Persons..who ring ‘the muffled’ or ‘the merry peal’ for the rich man's sorrow or rejoicing. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xlviii. 71 The sorrow..Whose muffled motions blindly drown The bases of my life in tears. View more context for this quotation 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. viii. 57 A low muffled thunder resounding through the valley. 1922 ‘K. Mansfield’ Garden Party 74 The green baize door that led to the kitchen regions swung open and shut with a muffled thud. 1947 J. Steinbeck Pearl vi. 112 He knew from the muffled sounds that Juana had covered his head with her shawl. 1991 Independent 20 Feb. 1 The continual muffled thuds of allied bombing are like a..thunderstorm—growing and fading. 5. Of glass: made with an uneven surface that leaves it translucent rather than transparent. Cf. muffle v.¹ 5; muff glass n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adjective] > other types of glass blownc1425 Bohemian1682 grounded1698 soft1758 unsilvered1772 navelledc1817 drawn-out1822 muffled1847 ambitty1856 muffed1868 roughcast1868 Sandwich1881 fumé1883 hand-blown1885 peach-blow1886 opaque1907 mould-blown1925 offhand1941 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. ii. 16 To my left were the muffled windows. 1908 W. Rosenhain Glass Manuf. 172 Fluted and ‘muffled’ glasses are produced in a very similar manner.., except that the fluting or the irregular surface markings which constitute the peculiarities of these two varieties of glass, are impressed upon the surface of the cylinder at an early stage in the process. Derivatives ˈmuffledness n. the state or condition of being muffled; indistinctness. ΚΠ 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxi. 111 He breathed with a sort of muffledness. 1993 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Nov. vii. 11/1 This conflict between the impulse to collaborate and the impulse to remain objective accounts for the muffledness of Ms. Baker's style. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1566
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