单词 | overbrimmed |
释义 | overbrimmedadj. literary and poetic. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [adjective] > having an overhanging brim overbrimmed1814 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xii. 189 He..touched solemnly, but slightly, his huge and overbrimmed blue bonnet. View more context for this quotation 2. That overflows with liquid. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [adjective] yflown1576 overfloweda1671 overbrimmed1839 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 77 Through his misty, overbrimmed eye. 1864 F. G. Tuckerman No! cover not Fault in Poems 204 Perfect grief, like love, should cast out fear, And, like an o'er-brimmed river, moaning go. 1886 W. Wetmore Giannone in Poems 61 How your talk, like an o'erbrimmed cup, Ran over with beauty, my heart drank up. 1906 C. Bliss Pipes of Pan 22 All night, on and on, Till the overbrimmed bowl of life spills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1814 |
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