† troublyadj.
Obsolete.
1. = trouble adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > [adjective] > qualities of liquid > cloudy or opaque
worya1225
troublea1327
troublyc1380
troubleda1425
the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > specific qualities of (the) air > thick or turbid
troublyc1380
greata1398
murkc1480
mistyc1485
foggyc1487
troublea1500
grossa1592
fat1598
filthya1616
thick1626
murky1667
turbid1705
solid1807
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 14 Þese fisheris of God shulden waishe þere nettis in þis ryuer, for Cristis prechours shulden..not medle wiþ mannis lawe, þat is trobly water.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) viii. 108 Þere is a welle that iiij. sithes in the ȝeer chaungeth his colour: somtyme grene, somtyme reed, somtyme cleer, & somtyme trouble [Roxb. trublee].
1450–80 tr. Secreta Secret. xlv. 28 The eyre wexith trobely.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 229 Tho that bene Pale and trowbely y-colurid.
?1527 Iudycyall of Vryns ii. i. 11 b Rubeus & subrubeus color with a thycke and a trowbly bodye, sheweth grete dysturblynge of the humours.
?1527 Iudycyall of Vryns ii. vii. 28 Trubly.
1605 J. Stow Annales (new ed.) 707 When it betokeneth battaile, [it] runneth foule, and troubly water; and when it betokeneth dearth or pestilence, it runneth cleare [cf. trouble adj. 1].
2. = trouble adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [adjective]
troubleda1325
troublyc1340
troublec1374
worried1559
betoiled1622
aerumnous1658
fidgety1736
fretful1737
fretted1756
tanglesome1823
awful1865
hincty1929
toey1930
to worry (oneself), be worried, sick1952
noodgy1969
c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 31 Þe trubylyere þat þou hase bene owtwarde with actyfe werkes, the mare brynnande desyre þou sall hafe to Godd.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2 The restles bisynesse Which that this troubly world hath ay on honde.
1421 T. Hoccleve Complaint 302 This troubly lyfe hathe all to longe enduryd.
14.. in Hist. Coll. Citizen Lond. (Camden) 188 He..passyde owte of thys wrecchyde and false trobely worlde.
3. = trouble adj. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adjective] > agitated
wilda1250
unpeaceablea1398
troubly1398
troubleda1425
trouble1509
working1558
disquiet1587
fretful1616
ruffled1640
fretteda1854
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective] > stormy > agitated
troubly1513
exagitated1659
uncalm1699
troubled1855
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiii. xxii Whanne þe see is aboue troublye and to hiȝe bi windes and stormes.
?c1400 J. Lydgate Æsop's Fab. ii. 44 Þou..Sekest occasion by trobly violence Ayenst me.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) ix. xxiii. lf. 427/2 Who may the furies of fortune appese Hir troubli wawes to make hem calm and pleyne?
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. v. 133 He chasis the windis away, And trubly cluddis dividis in a thraw.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > qualities of liquid > turbidity or muddiness
drublinessc1440
troubledness?1527
troubliness?1527
mudding1632
muddinessa1667
turbidness1676
turbidity1782
turbescency1834
troubling1842
?1527 Iudycyall of Vryns ii. iii. 18 Vryne..with a trublynes..sheweth a wombe fluxe.
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