单词 | nine-cornered |
释义 | > as lemmasnine-cornered nine-cornered adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [adjective] > abounding in corners > having specific number of corners four-nookedc1275 three-nookeda1616 nine-cornered1809 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. iii. 213 Some dozen huge, mis-shapen, nine cornered dutch oaths. 1856 Harper's Mag. July 283/1 The poor fellow begged for mercy, interlarding the basting with those huge nine-cornered oaths that even to this day are sometimes heard in that region. 2001 Hindu (India) (Nexis) 6 May In this nine-cornered contest, his major opponent is Mr. Kovai Thangam of the TMC. < as lemmas |
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