单词 | glary |
释义 | glaryadj.1 Full of glare; dazzling, glaring. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > dazzling or glaring blazinga1387 piercinga1400 sulȝart1513 dazzling1581 overbright1587 glaring?c1600 bisson1604 quick1609 glary1632 severe1648 overpowering1700 aglare1712 adazzle1832 bedazzling1852 unbeholdable1855 braying1922 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids viii. 241 Chopt from the neck, whose gogling glarie eyes, Rouling in rage, beholders stupifies. 1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini i. 186 Purple smearings, with a velvet light, Rich from the glary yellow, thickening bright. 1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 157 They were not so well dressed as their Edinburgh sisters; something flary, glary, colours too flagrant and ill-assorted. 1883 R. F. Burton & V. F. Cameron To Gold Coast I. iv. 113 A garden, formerly dusty, glary, and dreary. Derivatives ˈglariness n. ΚΠ 1659 Beale in Boyle's Wks. (1772) VI. 135 I know, that bright crystal glass is glary; and to avoid that glariness, our artificers run into the other extreme. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). glaryadj.2ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > [adjective] glary1569 glacial1656 1569 G. Turberville Epit. & Sonn. (1587) 186 b For in the winter time, so glarie is the ground: As neither grasse nor other graine in pastures may be found. b. U.S. Smooth and slippery. ΚΠ 1854 J. R. Lowell Jrnl. Italy in Wks. (1890) I. 137 Behind, a glary slope invited me constantly to slide over the horse's tail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11632adj.21569 |
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