单词 | pipient |
释义 | † pipientadj. Obsolete. Demanding of attention in a noisy, shrill, or insistent way, in a manner resembling or suggestive of the cheeping of young birds; (of birds) cheeping, piping. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that whistles or chirps pipient1607 chirping1611 cheeping1708 cheepy1841 yeeping1945 the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [adjective] > singing or chirping chatteringa1250 chantinga1529 chippering1593 pipient1607 chirping1611 twittering1628 chittering1821 weeting1852 chirming1854 garrulous1854 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [adjective] > making sound pipient1607 1607 S. Collins Serm. Paules-Crosse 18 Faction multiplying without all measure, like Anacreons fonde loues, some perfect, some pipient, some hatcht, some half hatcht. 1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 54 in Blacke Devill Hypocrites, a pipient broode, cackling their owne ripenesse. 1641 E. Kellett Tricoenium Christi i. xii. 126 Young chickens in the shells, not yet, or newly pipient. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.1607 |
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