单词 | odd-tempered |
释义 | > as lemmasodd-tempered odd-tempered adj. ΚΠ 1768 J. Cremer Jrnl. 19 July in R. R. Bellamy Ramblin' Jack (1936) 142 My Aunt..was an od Tempered woman for me to live with. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers III. xv. 255 The skill of this odd-tempered, shabby old man was sometimes sought by the jeweller who kept the more ostentatious shop in the High Street. 1918 M. A. Lowndes Out of the War? vi. 91 She had given herself up entirely to the pleasant..task of cheering up the odd-tempered and queer-natured naval officer whom Fate had flung across her path. 2002 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 19 May 11 If High Pitched wasn't already such a valuable stud prospect it would be worth making him a castrato to clear up the odd-tempered nonsense he shows before his races. < as lemmas |
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