nibbledadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪbld/, U.S.

/ˈnɪb(ə)ld/

Forms: see nibble v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nibble v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < nibble v. + -ed suffix¹.

That has been nibbled; that has small bites or pieces removed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [adjective] > pasturing > pastured

nibbled1599

grazed1649

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > gradually > by removal of pieces

pared1440

nibbled1949

whittled-down1961

1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. B8^v The nibled teates, that perch vpon their toppes; Yeeld mayden blush, to see themselues beguiled.

1737 H. Baker Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 88 This Mouse..brought his hoarded Oats and Pease, His nibbled Bacon, and his mellow Pears.

?1792 J. Wolcot Elegy Fleas Teneriffe in Wks. Peter Pindar (1816) II. 384 How shall we meet the morn?—With shameful eyes! With nibbled hands, and eke with nibbled faces..we speckled rise.

1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall III. viii. 152 As if the grovelling caterpillar should lament that it must one day quit the nibbled leaf to soar aloft and flutter through the air.

1865 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell (1866) I. viii. 68 Over the nibbled sward..came wandering the lightest foot that ever passed.

1905 J. B. Firth Highways & Byways in Derbyshire viii. 119 The Dove flows between closely nibbled hill slopes.

1949 U.S. Employment Service, Dict. Occup. Titles 891 May file and grind excess metal and rough edges of nibbled parts to specified dimensions.

1984 Gardening from Which? Sept. 5/3 Look out for holes in the leaves or nibbled leaf margins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nibbled
释义	nibbledadj. Brit. /ˈnɪbld/, U.S. /ˈnɪb(ə)ld/ Forms: see nibble v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nibble v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < nibble v. + -ed suffix¹. That has been nibbled; that has small bites or pieces removed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [adjective] > pasturing > pastured nibbled1599 grazed1649 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > gradually > by removal of pieces pared1440 nibbled1949 whittled-down1961 1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. B8^v The nibled teates, that perch vpon their toppes; Yeeld mayden blush, to see themselues beguiled. 1737 H. Baker Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 88 This Mouse..brought his hoarded Oats and Pease, His nibbled Bacon, and his mellow Pears. ?1792 J. Wolcot Elegy Fleas Teneriffe in Wks. Peter Pindar (1816) II. 384 How shall we meet the morn?—With shameful eyes! With nibbled hands, and eke with nibbled faces..we speckled rise. 1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall III. viii. 152 As if the grovelling caterpillar should lament that it must one day quit the nibbled leaf to soar aloft and flutter through the air. 1865 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell (1866) I. viii. 68 Over the nibbled sward..came wandering the lightest foot that ever passed. 1905 J. B. Firth Highways & Byways in Derbyshire viii. 119 The Dove flows between closely nibbled hill slopes. 1949 U.S. Employment Service, Dict. Occup. Titles 891 May file and grind excess metal and rough edges of nibbled parts to specified dimensions. 1984 Gardening from Which? Sept. 5/3 Look out for holes in the leaves or nibbled leaf margins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1599
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