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单词 myrtled
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myrtledadj.

Brit. /ˈməːtld/, U.S. /ˈmərd(ə)ld/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: myrtle n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < myrtle n. + -ed suffix2.
Chiefly poetic.
1. Garlanded with myrtle.See note s.v. myrtle n. 2a.
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1743 W. Collins Verses to T. Hanmer sig. Bv Ye myrtled Nymphs, who own my gentle Reign.
1886 W. Alexander St. Augustine's Holiday 14 With Horace sing not, myrtled at his wine.
a1890 G. H. Boker Sonnets (1929) vii. 3 I..am daily fed On scented sweets, and with my myrtled head Am gently led into sunny air.
2. Full of or covered with myrtle; redolent of myrtle.
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1785 S. J. Pratt Family of Time in Misc. II. 37 The myrtled morning is come on.
a1800 M. Robinson Poet. Wks. (1806) 330 Love can form his myrtled shrine, 'Midst the rugged desart's gloom.
1853 Littell's Living Age 6 Dec. 603/2 Over the myrtled hills and down into the valleys.
1856 J. G. Whittier Namesake in Poet. Wks. (1894) II. 116 For aught I know, the myrtled sides Of Helicon are bare.
1906 M. J. Cawein Nature-notes & Impressions 306 Rusty iron railings enclosed little squares of myrtled and mounded silence pathetic with tottering or fallen headstones.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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