单词 | fluttered |
释义 | flutteredadj. In senses of the verb both transitive and intransitive. (In quot. 1589 perhaps used for fittered.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > ragged or tattered fitteredc1380 rattedc1400 fluttered1589 shagged-ragged1612 betattereda1704 tatterly1739 Falstaffian1809 out-of-elbowa1820 shreddy1835 raggedy1836 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > fluttering or flickering flutteryc1386 ventilous1484 wavering1488 flaffinga1522 flittering1549 flackering1567 flickeringa1586 fluttering1590 whiffling1765 fluttered1773 aflicker1842 flickery1893 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Biiv That those..shoulde preferre their sluttered sutes, before other mens glittering gorgious array. 1773 R. Graves Euphrosyne (1776) I. 18 The emblem of a flutter'd mind. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby iv. xxix. 198 A fluttered hope his accents shook, A fluttered joy was in his look. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 33 His fluttered faculties came back to roost. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1589 |
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