shard-bornshard-borneadj.

Etymology: < shard n.² + born adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshard-born.

1. Of a beetle: Born in dung; spec. applied to the shard-beetle (see shard n.² Compounds).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > living or born in dung

shard-borna1616

shardeda1616

stercorarious1826

stercoricolous1885

stercoraceous1891

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. ii. 43 Ere to black Heccats summons The shard-borne Beetle, with his drowsie hums, Hath rung Nights yawning Peale.

1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil i. i. 32 This was a shard-born beetle, heavy, drossy.

1844 W. B. Carpenter Animal Physiol. xii. 443 The Dung or Shard-borne Beetle.

2. Used with the meaning (due to misinterpretation of Shakespeare): Borne on shards (shard n.⁴).

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1859 Ld. Lytton Wanderer (ed. 2) 23 The advancing twilight's shard-born trumpeter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shard-born
释义	shard-bornshard-borneadj. Etymology: < shard n.² + born adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshard-born. 1. Of a beetle: Born in dung; spec. applied to the shard-beetle (see shard n.² Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [adjective] > living or born in dung shard-borna1616 shardeda1616 stercorarious1826 stercoricolous1885 stercoraceous1891 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. ii. 43 Ere to black Heccats summons The shard-borne Beetle, with his drowsie hums, Hath rung Nights yawning Peale. View more context for this quotation 1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil i. i. 32 This was a shard-born beetle, heavy, drossy. 1844 W. B. Carpenter Animal Physiol. xii. 443 The Dung or Shard-borne Beetle. 2. Used with the meaning (due to misinterpretation of Shakespeare): Borne on shards (shard n.⁴). ΚΠ 1859 Ld. Lytton Wanderer (ed. 2) 23 The advancing twilight's shard-born trumpeter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1616
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