单词 | rare-seen |
释义 | > as lemmasrare-seen C1. Parasynthetic and adverbial, as rare-feathered, rare-featured, rare-felt, rare-painted, rare-seen, rare-shaped, rare-spoken, etc. Chiefly poetic. ΚΠ 1597 Certain Prayers in W. K. Clay Liturg. Services Q. Eliz. (Parker Soc.) 671 Thy rare-seen, unused, and seeld-heard-of goodness. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. A2v If he could..distill the quintessence of heauen In rare composed Sceanes. 1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage F iv b They are the moste rare featur'd..rare qualitied..gentlewoman. 1613 J. Marston & W. Barksted Insatiate Countesse iii. ii. sig. E2v A rare shap'd man. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila facing p. 235 Shee's a refin'd, & rare-composed Creature. 1703 S. Centlivre Stolen Heiress iii. 37 This is a rare spoken Fellow; I can't put in a word. 1785 T. Dwight Conquest of Canäan iv. 97 A rare-felt joy inspir'd the friendless band. 1794 T. Dwight Greenfield Hill i. 18 The rare-seen felon startles every mind And fills each mouth with news. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. xi. 265 O rare-painted portrait!.. Vandyke was a dauber to you. 1828 Sporting Mag. 22 119 A rare shaped thoroughbred horse very groggy. 1876 G. M. Hopkins Wreck of Deutschland xxxv, in Poems (1967) 63 Let him [sc. our King]..be a crimson-cresseted east, More brightening her, rare-dear Britain, as his reign rolls. 1877 Coursing Cal. Autumn 1876 327 Westeria..was put out in a bad trial. She is a rare-bred one, being by Contango out of Joan-of-Arc. 1879 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 79 Of realty the rarest-veinèd unraveller. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator 37 The Deli pony is a rare-shaped little animal..with immense strength, and very fast. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 19 Nov. 9/2 The class for pied, albino, or rare-feathered British birds contains a pure yellow, pink-eyed, yellow-hammer. 1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow i. 8 A rare-spoken, almost surly man. 1922 E. Blunden Shepherd 85 And rare-grown daisy in the meadow. 1937 E. Blunden Elegy 90 Where the dogs..regard The rare-coming stranger in the yard An excitement not to be missed. 2001 Xinhua Gen. News Service (Nexis) 10 Dec. A rare-seen seaport in Guangxi Province adjoining both sea and river. < as lemmas |
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