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单词 orbed
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orbedadj.1

Brit. /ɔːbd/, U.S. /ɔrbd/ (In poetic use also)Brit. /ˈɔːbᵻd/, U.S. /ˈɔrbəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: orb n.1, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < orb n.1 + -ed suffix2.In poetic use the imperatives of metre frequently give rise to the disyllabic pronunciation Brit. /ˈɔːbᵻd/, U.S. /ˈɔrbəd/.
1.
a. Formed into, or having the form of, an orb; circular or spherical; rounded. Now chiefly poetic.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective]
crooked?c1225
roundc1300
ybentc1330
bentc1374
cambera1387
curvate?a1425
curve?a1425
curved?a1425
bowingc1440
crumped1480
bowed1483
bended1495
bowlanda1522
compass?1523
curbed?1541
compassed1551
compassing1576
curvated1598
orbed1598
curving1609
ridgill-backed1611
incurved1623
inflected1646
incurvate1647
curvous1661
incurvated1665
swayed1688
bending1697
circumflex1707
curval1730
sweeping1772
bendy1800
curvatureda1810
curvative1846
hooped1852
swept1903
the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular
roundc1300
orbicular?1440
spherical1523
spheral1571
globous1591
globy1595
bulbed1597
orbed1598
sphery1600
spheric1610
globical1612
rotundious1614
globular1626
globed1633
global1637
globose1667
spheriform1678
globosous1681
globar1699
bulbous1783
ball-shaped1802
globate1806
perispheric1828
bulb-like1836
balloon-shaped1839
bulbiform1849
globuloid1889
1598 L. A. tr. G. Fernandez Honour of Chiualrie vi. 173 His [sc. the sun's] diarnal course about the compasse of the orbed earth.
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. Kv Th'orbed earth.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV ccxxvii, in Poems (1878) 57 To make his Crescent Orbed in an Hower.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 543 Let each..Fit well his Helme, gripe fast his orbed Shield. View more context for this quotation
1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace ii. vi. ii. 120 Furious he hasts, and heaves his orbed Shield.
1857 T. Martin Aladdin i. ii. 54 The big round moon, mantled in silver clouds, Is not so bright, so witching to the view, As the full radiance of her orbèd cheeks.
1861 Press 9 889/2 An orbed mass of the electric fluid.
1909 A. C. Benson Poems 310 Your incomparable gems, Borrowed from the orbèd dew.
1989 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Nexis) 17 Nov. (Show section) p43 Dreager's pieces shimmer with inventiveness: ‘Golden One’, an orbed object like an acorn or a spaceship.
2011 Cambr. Evening News (Nexis) 11 Apr. The stylish, shiny black box and orbed container hint that something special is about to go on.
b. figurative and in extended use. Like an orb, fully rounded; (also) bearing an orb, regal.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective]
fulleOE
plenara1325
perfectc1350
completec1380
heala1399
plenary?a1425
absolute1531
explete1534
well-accomplished1568
quit1583
orbeda1657
orbicular1673
saturate1682
rounded1746
broad-blown1855
plene1867
choate1878
ten tenth1948
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV in Poems (1878) 69 What Meteors haue crept T'abuse the world! The false fire of a Name Seems orbèd Power.
a1795 S. Bishop Poet. Wks. (1796) I. 26 The obedient Beam a Sun confest, In Orbed Splendor rode.
1832 ‘B. Cornwall’ Eng. Songs cxxviii. 156 Only its airy, airy streams, And its singing stars, and its orbed dreams.
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 3 An orbed and balanced life.
a1924 M. Ghose Coll. Poems (1970) 73 I, the apprehension And the orbèd whole, Stretched in anguished tension Of man's tortured soul.
1993 S. Howe Nonconformist's Memorial 25 Love is the orbed circle.
2. With modifying adjectives, as gold-orbed, dark-orbed, large-orbed, etc. See also full-orbed adj. at full adj., n.2, and adv. Compounds 1b, half-orbed adj. at half adv. Compounds.
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1752 M. Browne Ess. on Universe (new ed.) iii, in Wks. & Rest of Creation 63 Jove, more remote, four large-orb'd Moons obtains.
a1800 M. Robinson Poet. Wks. (1806) I. 253 So from the mournful Charlotte's dark-orb'd lids The sainted tear of pitying Virtue flows.
1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 71 Hid by the dark-orbed pines.
1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 487 Where..the gold orbed orange glows.
1929 ‘H. Faust’ Half-light & Overtones 28 Like a gold-orbed fruit The sun smolders amid sulphurous leaves.
1991 M. Dorris & L. Erdrich Crown of Columbus i. 8 Like one of those patrician busts of Roman senators, the eyes large-orbed and marble.
2001 R. Mollise Choosing & using Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope (2004) vii. 192 The striking beauty of Saturn's golden-orbed, ringed visage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

orbedadj.2

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin orbāre , -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin orbāre to bereave (see orbate adj.) + -ed suffix1, after classical Latin orbātus orbate adj. Compare earlier orb adj., orbate adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Bereaved.
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the world > life > death > cause of death > bereavement by death > [adjective]
orbed1616
bereaved1828
bereft1828
1616 W. Drummond Poems (new ed.) sig. P3 v Wretched Niobè I am,..Seuen Daughters..And Sonnes as many, which one fatall Day (Orb'd Mother!) tooke away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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