单词 | best-smelling |
释义 | > as lemmasbest-smelling (i) Complementary, as in best-appearing, best-seeming, best-smelling, best-sounding, best-tasting, etc. ΚΠ c1450 Bk. Gostlye Grace (1979) 484 Þe mooste curyouse ande the beste smyllynge thynge made of dyuers spyces. 1586 Praise of Musicke ii. 34 The best seeming comfort in such cases is to be comfortles. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 514 The oyle of Quinces is made of the smallest, roundest, and best smelling Quinces. 1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick ii. vi. 266 Take the iuice of the best tasting sweete and sower Apples. 1667 J. Owen Indulgence & Toleration Considered 20 The best appearing Success that in this case can be supposed. 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument ii. 205 The Very Best Sounding Lutes are Pear-Mould. 1791 M. J. Young Family Party I. i. 16 They were the best appearing..girls in the whole city of London. 1814 J. Britton et al. Beauties Eng. & Wales XV. 96 Habitually..to ascribe the best-seeming actions of his fellow-creatures to sordid and corrupt motives. 1936 Pop. Sci. Jan. 74/1 We offer the best-smelling blend of fragrant Kentucky Burleys ever laid before the noses of pipe lovers. 1950 Life 12 June 55 The new Motorola Portables are the..best-sounding little radios you've ever seen or heard. 1994 Bowhunting World Feb. 50/1 Silk... is probably the best-feeling fabric. 2006 M. Nestle What to Eat viii. 95 The best-tasting cheeses are absurdly high in fat. < as lemmas |
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