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单词 leavenish
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leavenishadj.

Forms: see leaven n. and -ish suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: leaven n., -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < leaven n. + -ish suffix1. Compare later leavenous adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Resembling leaven; suggestive of fermenting dough.
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barmy1535
yeasty1599
leavenish1608
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 145 If a perfume hereof be made and infused..into the holes of Serpents, it will driue them away, by reason of the sharp and leauenish sauour thereof.
1675 L. Addison Present State Jews xviii. 171 And this they do, lest the heat it [sc. flour] takes in grinding, should make it smell, and grow leavenish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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