请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 subrident
释义

subridentadj.

Brit. /səˈbrʌɪd(ə)nt/, U.S. /səˈbraɪdnt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin subrīdent-, subrīdēns, subrīdēre.
Etymology: < classical Latin subrīdent-, subrīdēns, present participle of subrīdēre to smile (see subride v.).
Chiefly literary. Now rare.
Characterized by or accompanied by a smile or smiles; wearing a smile; smiling.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective]
smilinga1400
smileful1609
subrident1826
smiley1970
1826 Sporting Mag. Dec. 132/1 A knowing and subrident look.
1884 Critic (N.Y.) 22 Nov. 243/2 The Duke of Wellington..listens, mildly subrident, while the Peace Recruiting Sergeant..plies his profession.
1897 Athenæum 6 Mar. 305/2 With some subrident joy.
1914 W. J. Locke Fortunate Youth vi. 80 Your sense of humour, that delicate percipience of proportion, that subrident check on impulse.
1980 P. Howard Words fail Me vi. 44 The lion was presumably depicted heraldically subrident.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1826
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/29 0:19:01