单词 | of shreds |
释义 | > as lemmasof shreds (and patches) c. of shreds (and patches): made up of rags or scraps. Hence used allusively. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > exhibiting variety in appearance > irregular in appearance patched1447 shredden1581 patchy1583 of shreds (and patches)1604 patchwork1634 patched work1716 desultory1842 unpatterned1842 patchworky1845 patchworked1873 splashy1880 spotty1881 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 92 A King of shreds and patches [1603 A king of clowts, of very shreads] . View more context for this quotation a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II xxxiii, in Poems (1878) III. 145 Led by a Rascall, made of shreds. 1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 179 That this thing of shreds and patches has been vamped together for sale only. 1885 W. S. Gilbert Mikado i A wand'ring minstrel I, a thing of shreds and patches. < as lemmas |
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