three-corneredadj.

Brit.

/ˌθriːˈkɔːnəd/, U.S.

/ˌθriˈkɔrnərd/

Forms: see three adj. and cornered adj.; also Middle English iij cornered.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: three adj., cornered adj.

Etymology: < three adj. + cornered adj.

a. Having three corners or angles; triangular (in plan or in cross-section).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > triangular

three-corneredc1400

three-squaredc1400

three-squarec1450

triangle1474

triangled1486

triangular?1541

three-corner1548

trilater1570

trigonal1571

three-corned1584

three-sided1601

triangulated1610

triangulate1611

triform1621

triangulary1622

triquetrous1658

trilateral1660

triagonal1665

trigonic1788

cocked hat1846

heater-shaped1847

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. iii. 15 Costantynoble..is iij cornered.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 36 Haue a nedle þre cornerid.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. f. 129 Triangles or three cornerd figures.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xviii. 49 Somtimes they are three-corner'd, seldom round.

1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. i. 10 Immediately following..came a three-cornered note from Lady Gorgon.

1855 O. W. Holmes Poems 86 The old three-cornered hat.

b. transferred. Applied to a constituency represented by three members.Such constituencies were a feature of the electoral system for the House of Commons from 1867 to 1885; each elector having the right to vote for not more than two candidates, which enabled a strong minority to elect one of the representatives.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [adjective] > type of constituency

snug1844

three-cornered1882

multi-member1911

marginal1948

supermarginal1955

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Three-cornered constituency.

1883 Manch. Guard. 22 Oct. 5/2 What shall be done with the three-cornered constituencies?

c. Applied to a contest, discussion, or the like, between three persons.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > between specific number of people or parties

tripartite1497

tripartited1548

tripart1592

three-cornered1891

1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xii. 230 Let us rather..consider whether Torp's three-cornered ministrations are exactly what Dick needs just now.

1894 H. H. Gardener Unofficial Patriot 59 They had a three-cornered fight with Bradley's mulatto, Ned.

1912 N.E.D. at Three-cornered Mod. The election in Kilmarnock Burghs was a three-cornered fight.

a. Of a horse: Awkwardly shaped. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > of build of horse

light-timbered1592

three-cornered1861

1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough iv. 28 The grey..and the bay, with a little three-cornered jumping hack.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 386 And the horses? Sell every three-cornered wretch of 'em.

b. figurative. Awkward, cross-grained, peevish; cf. angular adj. 6 (Also quasi-adv.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective]

stour1303

thwarta1325

elvishc1386

wrawc1386

wrawfulc1386

crabbeda1400

crousea1400

cursedc1400

doggeda1425

currishc1460

disagreeable1474

dour1488

thrawn1488

terne?1507

apirsmarta1522

crustyc1570

incommodious1570

bilious1571

mischievous-stomached1577

thrawn-faced1578

thrawn-mowit1578

wearisha1586

shrewish1596

rhubarbative1600

crabbish1606

ill-tempereda1616

cur-like1627

thrawn-faceda1628

terned1638

cross1639

splenial1641

frumpish1647

wry1649

bad-tempered1671

hot-tempered1673

sidy1673

ugly1687

ornery1692

cankerya1699

ramgunshoch1721

cantankerousc1736

frumpy1746

unhappy1756

grumpy1778

crabby1791

grumpish1797

thraw-gabbit18..

snarlish1813

cranky1821

stuntya1825

ill-natured1825

nattery1825

rantankerous1832

foul-tempered1835

cacochymical1836

as cross as two sticks1842

grumphy1846

knappy1855

carnaptious1858

cussed1858

three-cornered1863

snotty1870

sniffy1871

snorty1893

grouchy1895

scratchy1925

tight1950

stroppy1951

snitty1978

arsey1989

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > perverse

wharfedc1175

thwart-over?c1225

fromwardc1275

thwarta1325

wilgernc1325

contrariousa1340

froward1340

rebours1340

awaywarda1375

overthwartc1384

protervec1384

waywardc1384

arsewardc1386

wrawc1386

wrawfulc1386

crabbeda1400

ungraitha1400

wraweda1400

awklyc1400

perversec1425

awkc1440

perversiosec1475

crooked1508

wrayward1516

awkward1530

difficilec1533

peevish1539

protervous1547

overthwarting1552

untowardly1561

difficult1589

cross1594

cama1600

frowish1601

awkwardish1613

haggardly1635

pigheadeda1637

cross-grained1647

wry1649

crossfulc1680

thwarting1718

kim-kama1734

wronghead1737

piggish1742

witherly1790

top-thrawn1808

contrary1850

cussed1858

three-cornered1863

thwarteous1890

bloody-minded1935

1863 E. Farmer Scrap Bk. (ed. 3) 96 Matters run three-cornered.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxiii. 332 A three-cornered, impracticable fellow.

1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience iii. xviii This hard, three-cornered family.

3. three-cornered jack n. Australian the spiny burr of the annual weed, Emex australis.

ΚΠ

1953 A. Upfield Murder must Wait xxv. 223 ‘You lie there.’.. ‘But not on the three-cornered jacks.’.. Her husband..swept the place clean of the skin-piercing burrs.

Derivatives

ˈthree-ˈcorneredness n. triangularity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [noun] > triangle > quality

three-corneredness1682

triangularitya1688

scalenity1788

trilateralitya1856

1682 Heraclitus Ridens 16 May 1/1 A Place in Egypt, call'd Delta, from the three corner'dness of its shape.

ˈthree-ˈcorneredwise adv. triangularly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adverb] > triangle

triangle1474

trianglewise?1523

three-corneredwise1580

triangularly1604

triangle-ways1689

triangular-wise1707

three-corner-ways1748

three-corner-wise1862

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Triangulaire, three cornerdwise, or after three corners.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	three-cornered
释义	three-corneredadj. Brit. /ˌθriːˈkɔːnəd/, U.S. /ˌθriˈkɔrnərd/ Forms: see three adj. and cornered adj.; also Middle English iij cornered. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: three adj., cornered adj. Etymology: < three adj. + cornered adj. 1. a. Having three corners or angles; triangular (in plan or in cross-section). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > triangular three-corneredc1400 three-squaredc1400 three-squarec1450 triangle1474 triangled1486 triangular?1541 three-corner1548 trilater1570 trigonal1571 three-corned1584 three-sided1601 triangulated1610 triangulate1611 triform1621 triangulary1622 triquetrous1658 trilateral1660 triagonal1665 trigonic1788 cocked hat1846 heater-shaped1847 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. iii. 15 Costantynoble..is iij cornered. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 36 Haue a nedle þre cornerid. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. f. 129 Triangles or three cornerd figures. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xviii. 49 Somtimes they are three-corner'd, seldom round. 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. i. 10 Immediately following..came a three-cornered note from Lady Gorgon. 1855 O. W. Holmes Poems 86 The old three-cornered hat. b. transferred. Applied to a constituency represented by three members.Such constituencies were a feature of the electoral system for the House of Commons from 1867 to 1885; each elector having the right to vote for not more than two candidates, which enabled a strong minority to elect one of the representatives. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [adjective] > type of constituency snug1844 three-cornered1882 multi-member1911 marginal1948 supermarginal1955 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Three-cornered constituency. 1883 Manch. Guard. 22 Oct. 5/2 What shall be done with the three-cornered constituencies? c. Applied to a contest, discussion, or the like, between three persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > between specific number of people or parties tripartite1497 tripartited1548 tripart1592 three-cornered1891 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xii. 230 Let us rather..consider whether Torp's three-cornered ministrations are exactly what Dick needs just now. 1894 H. H. Gardener Unofficial Patriot 59 They had a three-cornered fight with Bradley's mulatto, Ned. 1912 N.E.D. at Three-cornered Mod. The election in Kilmarnock Burghs was a three-cornered fight. 2. a. Of a horse: Awkwardly shaped. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > of build of horse light-timbered1592 three-cornered1861 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough iv. 28 The grey..and the bay, with a little three-cornered jumping hack. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 386 And the horses? Sell every three-cornered wretch of 'em. b. figurative. Awkward, cross-grained, peevish; cf. angular adj. 6 (Also quasi-adv.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective] stour1303 thwarta1325 elvishc1386 wrawc1386 wrawfulc1386 crabbeda1400 crousea1400 cursedc1400 doggeda1425 currishc1460 disagreeable1474 dour1488 thrawn1488 terne?1507 apirsmarta1522 crustyc1570 incommodious1570 bilious1571 mischievous-stomached1577 thrawn-faced1578 thrawn-mowit1578 wearisha1586 shrewish1596 rhubarbative1600 crabbish1606 ill-tempereda1616 cur-like1627 thrawn-faceda1628 terned1638 cross1639 splenial1641 frumpish1647 wry1649 bad-tempered1671 hot-tempered1673 sidy1673 ugly1687 ornery1692 cankerya1699 ramgunshoch1721 cantankerousc1736 frumpy1746 unhappy1756 grumpy1778 crabby1791 grumpish1797 thraw-gabbit18.. snarlish1813 cranky1821 stuntya1825 ill-natured1825 nattery1825 rantankerous1832 foul-tempered1835 cacochymical1836 as cross as two sticks1842 grumphy1846 knappy1855 carnaptious1858 cussed1858 three-cornered1863 snotty1870 sniffy1871 snorty1893 grouchy1895 scratchy1925 tight1950 stroppy1951 snitty1978 arsey1989 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > perverse wharfedc1175 thwart-over?c1225 fromwardc1275 thwarta1325 wilgernc1325 contrariousa1340 froward1340 rebours1340 awaywarda1375 overthwartc1384 protervec1384 waywardc1384 arsewardc1386 wrawc1386 wrawfulc1386 crabbeda1400 ungraitha1400 wraweda1400 awklyc1400 perversec1425 awkc1440 perversiosec1475 crooked1508 wrayward1516 awkward1530 difficilec1533 peevish1539 protervous1547 overthwarting1552 untowardly1561 difficult1589 cross1594 cama1600 frowish1601 awkwardish1613 haggardly1635 pigheadeda1637 cross-grained1647 wry1649 crossfulc1680 thwarting1718 kim-kama1734 wronghead1737 piggish1742 witherly1790 top-thrawn1808 contrary1850 cussed1858 three-cornered1863 thwarteous1890 bloody-minded1935 1863 E. Farmer Scrap Bk. (ed. 3) 96 Matters run three-cornered. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iv. xxxiii. 332 A three-cornered, impracticable fellow. 1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience iii. xviii This hard, three-cornered family. 3. three-cornered jack n. Australian the spiny burr of the annual weed, Emex australis. ΚΠ 1953 A. Upfield Murder must Wait xxv. 223 ‘You lie there.’.. ‘But not on the three-cornered jacks.’.. Her husband..swept the place clean of the skin-piercing burrs. Derivatives ˈthree-ˈcorneredness n. triangularity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [noun] > triangle > quality three-corneredness1682 triangularitya1688 scalenity1788 trilateralitya1856 1682 Heraclitus Ridens 16 May 1/1 A Place in Egypt, call'd Delta, from the three corner'dness of its shape. ˈthree-ˈcorneredwise adv. triangularly. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adverb] > triangle triangle1474 trianglewise?1523 three-corneredwise1580 triangularly1604 triangle-ways1689 triangular-wise1707 three-corner-ways1748 three-corner-wise1862 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Triangulaire, three cornerdwise, or after three corners. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmas three-cornered 1. Having a corner or corners. (Frequently in compounds, as three-cornered, sharp-cornered.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] corneredc1330 corneledc1400 angulousa1460 angulated1486 unrounded1519 nookedc1550 corned1564 angular1570 cornery1576 angled1612 angulate1670 angulose1694 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10310 Cornered as a cheker quarre. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxxiv. 768 Þer is a six-cornerde stone þat maketh a reynebowe in þe eyre. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 93 Corneryd, angulatus. 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 111 Cornered bodies be most vnapt for to run. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 139 Whose cornered shield was laid with skilfull blew. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 73 The indented creekes and cornered nouks [of Peloponnesus]. 1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal v. 114 The leaves are cornered and smooth. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 9 A large four cornered sail. 1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 25 Sharp cornered, as in quartz and calcedony... Blunt-cornered, as in common opal. extracted from corneredadj. < adj.c1400 as lemmas
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three-corneredadj.

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