| 释义 |
dunducketty, a. colloq. or dial.|dʌnˈdʌkɪtɪ, -ətɪ|
Also -ety, -ity.
[app. f. dun a. + duck n.1]
In phr. dunducketty mud-colour: (of) a dull, drab colour.
1818Lady Morgan Let. 26 Aug. in Autobiogr. (1859) 29 A colour I have supplied her with (not from the rainbow), dun-ducketty mud colour. [1847Halliwell, Dunduckity-mur, an indescribable colour, but rather dull. Suffolk.] 1897M. Kingsley Trav. W. Africa 420 It is better than all white, or dunduckety mud-colour paint. |