单词 | smitted |
释义 | smittedadj. English regional (northern). Stained, marked.In quot. a1987 in ink-smitted: ink-stained. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > stained staineda1382 imbruedc1450 maculate1490 bestained1559 commaculate1570 maculated1646 infected1701 blurred1708 smitted1862 dabbled1887 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 413 ‘Smitted’ clothes, or rather the ‘smits’ themselves, are the plague of the housewife on the washing day. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Smitted, dotted all over; specked on the surface. a1987 N. Nicholson Coll. Poems (1994) 306 We..clicked ink-smitted fingers At a down-at-heel decade. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1862 |
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