单词 | snaggle-toothed |
释义 | snaggle-toothedadj. Having snaggle-teeth. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [adjective] > disorders of teeth tooth-shaken1549 snaggle-toothed1585 impacted1876 tartrous1904 overerupted1939 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [adjective] > broken or irregular snaggle-toothed1585 saw-toothed1588 snagged1688 snaggy1703 snaggled1884 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 452/1 at Dento. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 427/1 Snaggle, or Rake toothed, is when the teeth stands at a distance, one from the other. 1884 J. C. Harris Nights with Uncle Remus 105 I'm snaggle~toofed an' double j'inted. 1945 B. Macdonald Egg & I (1946) 85 On grey winter days its snaggle-toothed horizon could be seen plainly. 1954 Caribbean Quarterly III. iv. 231 Albert is a bright~eyed, snaggle-toothed little man. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 32 That snaggle-toothed chap in the comic button-up white suit,..—put him in a proper pinstripe and he'd pass for an Eastbourne estate agent! 1977 Time 14 Feb. 21/3 Entertainment is provided by..a Hollywood drop-cloth view of snaggle-toothed Mount Kenya. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1585 |
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