单词 | dewy-feathered |
释义 | > as lemmasdewy-feathered C2. parasynthetic, as dewy-eyed (also figurative = sense 5b above.), dewy-feathered, dewy-pinioned, dewy-swarded, etc. Old English had déawig-feðere = dewy-pinioned. poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent > and impractical or trusting soft-boiled1859 starry-eyed1878 dewy-eyed1938 dewy1958 OE Genesis 1984 Sang se wanna fugel under deoreðsceaftum, deawigfeðera. OE Exodus 163 Hreoþon herefugolas, hilde grædige, deawigfeðere ofer drihtneum, wonn wælceasega. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 43 Entice the dewy-feather'd Sleep. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 170 The dewy-skirted clouds imbibe the sun. 1777 E. Ryves Poems 36 Dewy-pinioned twilight's shadowy reign. 1796 T. Townshend Poems 69 Some dewy-feather'd herald send. 1833 Ld. Tennyson Poems 40 Upon the dewy-swarded slope. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 17 Green gleam of dewy-tassell'd trees. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 33 November dawns and dewy-glooming downs. 1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) i. 9 Hollywood agents, fat or thin, tall or short, dewy-eyed or soiled by life. 1960 Guardian 7 Nov. 6/6 He is not..dewy-eyed about young people, but he feels that promotion should come early. < as lemmas |
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