单词 | rumped |
释义 | rumpedadj. 1. As the second element in parasynthetic compounds: having a rump of a specified kind, shape, colour, etc. Frequently in the names of animals.goose-, red-, stiff-rumped, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > dress, robe, or gown rumped1601 princess1866 princess cut1875 useful1879 bedgowny1885 vestless1888 sack-back1913 Winterhalter1913 sun top1937 culotte1966 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > rump and tail > [adjective] > relating to the rump > having a rump of particular kind stiff-docked?1523 rumped1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 370 They are sharp rumped and pin buttockt. 1679 Poor Robins Intelligence in Sporting Mag. (1812) 39 61 Sour headed, saddle backed, goose rumped. 1721 London Gaz. No. 5972/3 A..Mare,..square Rumpt. 1763 R. Brookes New Syst. Nat. Hist. II. 232 The Yellow-rumped Fly-catcher has a slender bill. 1794 tr. P. S. Pallas Acct. Different Kinds Sheep 27 The steatopyga or fat rumped sheep is the most universally reared and multiplied of any breed in the world. 1851 F. Mason Cenotaph to Woman Burman Mission xiv. 141 In the tree-tops the little red-rumpt lorikeet lifted up her child-like voice. 1876 Nature 23 Nov. 90/1 A Hairy-rumped Agouti. 1910 Condor 12 78 White-rumpt Swallows (Tachycineta albilinea). 1986 G. Baxt Alfred Hitchcock Murder Case (1987) xii. 189 Even a fat-rumped pig like Mata Hari had a soupçon of finesse. 2003 Bird Keeper June 25/2 In the wild, the rosy-rumped waxbill appears as a tiny and very lively brown bird with a crimson eye-stripe, rump and wing patch. ΚΠ 1707 S. Centlivre Platonick Lady Epil. Then a West-country damsel trots to Town, And talks of paint, False-hair, and Rumpt-up-Gown. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 198 She, to be sure, was so particular with her rumpt gown and petticoat,..that every body looked at her with surprise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1601 |
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