peltedadj.
/ˈpɛltᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpɛltəd/ That is or has been pelted (pelt v.1).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [adjective] > thrown or shot
darted1670
pelted1684
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [adjective] > pelted with missiles
pelted1900
1684 T. Otway Atheist iii. 29 If I have, may that blew Mountain over our heads there, fall down and crush me like a pelted Toad.
1717 E. Ward Brit. Wonders 16 An Accident so very spightful, That made the Suff'rers look as frightful As pelted Wretches, just set free From rotten Eggs and Pillory.
a1801 J. Hurdis Poems (1808) III. 145 Its [sc. the gale's] ill-molten shower of arrowy sleet, Storm fracture threat'ning of the pelted pane, Scatters aslant and sloping to the breeze.
a1882 D. G. Rossetti Wks. (1911) II. 169 Dull raindrops smote us... That eve I spoke those words again Beside the pelted window-pane.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 23 July 2/3 A pelting bombardment of ice lumps,..the pelted district must have had an exciting time.
1918 ‘R. West’ Return of Soldier i. 30 ‘I can't,’ she cried, and scurried to the open door like a pelted dog.
1955 H. Kubly Amer. in Italy xxvii. 277 Roaring like bulls they aimed their grapes at the pink exposures. The pelted queen screamed out in terror.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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