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单词 pipient
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pipientadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pīpient-, pīpiēns.
Etymology: < classical Latin pīpient-, pīpiēns, present participle of pīpīre to cheep (see pipe v.1).
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.
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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).
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