单词 | barren-witted |
释义 | > as lemmasbarren-witted C1. Parasynthetic, as barren-brained, barren-spirited, barren-witted, barren-wombed; and as complement, as barren-beaten. ΚΠ 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados 117 Renewe this wearie barren-wombed earth. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. i. 36 A barren spirited Fellow. View more context for this quotation 1641 I. L. Mournefull Epit. Iohn Rogers (single sheet) Vnfruitfull barren heartednesse. 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 58 A barren-brained blockhead. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 155 He left the barren-beaten thoroughfare. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 204 What a barren-witted pate is mine! < as lemmas |
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