单词 | davered |
释义 | daveredadj. dialect. Withered, faded, drooping. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.a1794 |
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