单词 | immarbled |
释义 | immarbledadj. Transformed into or as if into marble; made hard or rigid. Also: represented in or ornamented with marble. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective] > hardened yharded1297 hardeneda1425 hardedc1425 starkeda1500 enharded1523 indurate1531 stonied1590 over-hardened1612 obdured1619 immarbled1641 stockfished1654 obdurate1743 hard-set?1781 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > like hard substance adamantinea1382 rock-like1595 unmalleable1606 immarbled1641 iron-bound1648 inflexible1698 cast iron1829 teak-built1847 granitic1862 inelastic1867 petrified1870 ossified1901 shatter-proof1936 sclerotic1965 1641 Black Box Rome 5 A canterized conscience and immarbled heart. 1642 J. Vicars God in Mount 17 Such was their..immarbled impudence. 1850 E. B. Browning Crowned & Buried in Poems II. 223 Pictured or emmarbled dreams. 1864 W. Stephens Blackfriars I. 59 The richly enmarbled altar. 1871 Ladies' Treasury Sept. 96/2 Niobe..with her enmarbled children, that used sometimes to be introduced on the Athenian stage. 1926 R. Hughes G. Washington I. xxviii. 430 On the frosted ground lay the immarbled corpses of the Virginians and Highlanders frozen where they had fallen. 1976 Elyria (Ohio) Chron.-Telegram 11 Aug. As the enmarbled Lincoln might attest were he counting the house, the bicentennial parade of visitors is producing a rush. 2004 B. Merry Encycl. Mod. Greek Lit. 229/2 The enmarbled king turns to fight like a lion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1641 |
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