单词 | plotful |
释义 | plotfuladj. rare. Full of plots (chiefly plot n. 4); characterized by plots or plotting; scheming. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [adjective] compassingc1440 practising1556 plotting1592 contrivinga1616 intriguing1682 plotful1732 machinating1751 policizing1825 scheming1838 intriguant1897 wheeling-dealing1973 1732 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Trag. i. i. 1 Not so the Statesman scrubs his plotful Head. 1794 W. J. Mickle Siege of Marseilles v. 330 'Twas I attempted to seduce her virtue, Which mid the darkness of these plotful hours Shone with redoubled lustre. 1902 Daily Iowa State Press 10 Jan. The gruffness and cyclonic outbursts of the plotful Petruchio. 2003 Scotsman (Nexis) 9 Aug. 8 By page 43, when the urbane Venetian detective Aurelio Zen appears on the scene, a plotful potful of red herrings is coming nicely to the boil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1732 |
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