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单词 davered
释义

daveredadj.

/ˈdeɪvəd/
Etymology: < daver v.
dialect.
Withered, faded, drooping.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [adjective] > withered or dry
withered1488
wizened1513
starven1546
faded1574
starved1578
flaccid1626
davereda1794
wilted1809
a1794 M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (1837) 6 Now, dear soul, her's like a daver'd rose.
1864 E. Capern Devon Provincialism Thy heart is like the daver'd rose.

Derivatives

ˈdaverdy adj. dialect dowdy, unkempt.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > shabby or worn-out
threadbare1362
rusty1602
dowdy1774
dowdyish1818
pokyc1854
hand-me-down1895
daverdy1906
schlumpy1956
schleppy1966
1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. i. vii. 95 Even in the garden, that sense of things being pokey haunted old Jolyon; the wicker chair creaked under his weight; the garden-beds looked ‘daverdy’.
1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. ii. iii. 148 That was how he liked 'em, all of a piece, none of your daverdy, scarecrow women!
1924 J. Galsworthy On Expression 7 What an expressive variant of the word ‘dowdy’..is the word ‘daverdy’..! Dowdy suggests the flannel petticoat, the thick, the dusty appearance; daverdy a sea-green, trailing, down-at-heeledness.
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