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单词 biggit
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biggitadj.

Brit. /ˈbɪɡᵻt/, U.S. /ˈbɪɡət/, Scottish English /ˈbɪɡᵻt/
Forms: pre-1700 begyt, pre-1700 byggyd, pre-1700 1800s– biggit, pre-1700 1900s– bigged.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: English biggit , big v.1
Etymology: < biggit, past participle of big v.1 Compare earlier unbigged adj. and also upbigged adj.
Scottish.
1. Inhabited, cultivated. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective]
inhabitate?a1475
peopleda1475
occupied1483
biggitc1485
denizened1557
inhabited1576
dwelt1610
populated1662
unabandoned1745
undeserted1792
empeopled1801
habited1866
lived-in1873
tenanted1886
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iii. 21 To..mak reperacioun of euill biggit placis.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 383 Quhen thai come in biggit land, Wittale and mete yneuch thai fand.
1531 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Privy Seal Scotl. (1921) II. 142/1 All..his bak-land, biggit and waist.
2. Built, erected. Of a person: (well) built.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > [adjective] > strongly
biggit1513
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [adjective] > built
ybuldc1380
upbiggedc1425
biggit1513
upwroughtc1540
upframeda1560
builded1563
built1570
erected1603
exstructed1642
upbuilded1859
1513 Act Aberdeen Council 6 Mar. in F. Douglas Gen. Descr. E. Coast Scotl. (1782) xx. 156 Ordainit, that nae person within the burgh nor freedom, have any corn to grind in the new biggit mill of Gilcomstown; under pain of double moulter.
1562 Bk. J. Robeson 179 Ane land and biggit hous.
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 82 The man was of a grait telyie, weill bigged, of a large face.
1800 R. Bisset Douglas II. vi. 238 Even the Laird himself, though as stout, a weel biggit man as you would see, could never throw within half an ell of your honour.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. viii. 150 Bred in biggit wa's.
1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles xxiii. 201 Such gable hearths were generally set against a backstone, called in Shetland the biggit back-stane, that lay against the wall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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