curvousadj.

Brit.

/ˈkəːvəs/, U.S.

/ˈkərvəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin curvus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin curvus curve adj. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier curvate adj., curve adj., curved adj., curvy adj.

rare.

Curved; having curves; crooked.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective]

crooked?c1225

roundc1300

ybentc1330

bentc1374

cambera1387

curvate?a1425

curve?a1425

curved?a1425

bowingc1440

crumped1480

bowed1483

bended1495

bowlanda1522

compass?1523

curbed?1541

compassed1551

compassing1576

curvated1598

orbed1598

curving1609

ridgill-backed1611

incurved1623

inflected1646

incurvate1647

curvous1661

incurvated1665

swayed1688

bending1697

circumflex1707

curval1730

sweeping1772

bendy1800

curvatureda1810

curvative1846

hooped1852

swept1903

1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Curvous, (curvus) crooked, bowed, uneven.

1698 W. Cross Taghmical Art ii. 229 Full of curvous turnings and windings, more compounded, uncertain, and difficult.

1736 S. Duck Poems Several Occasions 192 I long to try the curvous Blade [sc. a scythe] again.

a1849 T. L. Beddoes Torrismond i. iii, in Poems (1851) I. 72 To my lily-ship a wooer came, Sailing upon the curvous air of morn.

1991 J. Barnes Talking it Over xii. 185 Project..on to that curvous screen inside your forehead the following animated pictures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	curvous
释义	curvousadj. Brit. /ˈkəːvəs/, U.S. /ˈkərvəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin curvus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin curvus curve adj. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier curvate adj., curve adj., curved adj., curvy adj. rare. Curved; having curves; crooked. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > [adjective] crooked?c1225 roundc1300 ybentc1330 bentc1374 cambera1387 curvate?a1425 curve?a1425 curved?a1425 bowingc1440 crumped1480 bowed1483 bended1495 bowlanda1522 compass?1523 curbed?1541 compassed1551 compassing1576 curvated1598 orbed1598 curving1609 ridgill-backed1611 incurved1623 inflected1646 incurvate1647 curvous1661 incurvated1665 swayed1688 bending1697 circumflex1707 curval1730 sweeping1772 bendy1800 curvatureda1810 curvative1846 hooped1852 swept1903 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Curvous, (curvus) crooked, bowed, uneven. 1698 W. Cross Taghmical Art ii. 229 Full of curvous turnings and windings, more compounded, uncertain, and difficult. 1736 S. Duck Poems Several Occasions 192 I long to try the curvous Blade [sc. a scythe] again. a1849 T. L. Beddoes Torrismond i. iii, in Poems (1851) I. 72 To my lily-ship a wooer came, Sailing upon the curvous air of morn. 1991 J. Barnes Talking it Over xii. 185 Project..on to that curvous screen inside your forehead the following animated pictures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1661
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