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mildewed, ppl. a.|ˈmɪldjuːd|
[f. mildew v. + -ed1.]
Tainted with mildew.
1552Huloet, Mylle dewed, rubiginosus. 1602Shakes. Ham. iii. iv. 64 Like a Mildew'd eare. a1721Pope Lett., to Dk. Buckhm. Wks. 1737 VI. 26 Two or three mill-dew'd pictures of mouldy ancestors. 1813Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. (1814) 265 Great care should be taken that no mildewed straw is carried in the manure used for corn. 1897Hare Story of my Life (1900) VI. xxx. 472 The mildewed rooms have some scanty remnants of their old furniture.
fig.1605Marston Dutch Courtesan iii. i. 128 Tisse. Fayth Ioyce is a foolish bitter creature. Crisp. A pretty mildewed wench she is. Tisse. And faire. 1626E. F. Hist. Edw. II (1680) 24 His hypocritical Entreaties and mildewed Promises. 1923in J. Manchon Le Slang. 1930R. Campbell Adamastor 56 Worse than death The palsied soul, the mildewed brain. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. of Schoolch. ix. 161 Juvenile repugnance continues to be expressed by the old standbys:..mardy, mildewed, mingy, misery-making, [etc.]. |