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单词 scrolloping
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scrollopingadj.

/ˈskrɒləpɪŋ/
Etymology: Fanciful portmanteau formation by Virginia Woolf, probably combining scroll n., lollop v., etc.
Characterized by or possessing heavy, florid, ornament. Also transferred and as present participle, proceeding in involutions, rambling.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adjective] > moving without fixed course
vaganta1382
scatteringc1450
stragglinga1560
wandering1590
undirecteda1599
wayless1605
planetary1607
rambling?1609
exorbitant1613
exorbitating1632
random1655
unconducteda1677
devious1735
truant1791
wild1810
erratic1841
directionless1860
scrolloping1923
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > excessively ornamented
garish1587
fantasticc1616
scrolloping1923
pansified1929
1923 V. Woolf Diary 7 Feb. (1978) II. 232 Like Vita she detests the scrolloping honours of the great, calls her family dull and stupid.
1927 V. Woolf New Dress in Forum (N.Y.) May 706 Just for a second.., there looked at her, framed in the scrolloping mahogany, a gray-white..charming girl.
1927 V. Woolf New Dress in Forum (N.Y.) May 707 The scrolloping looking-glass.
1928 V. Woolf Orlando ii. 96 He tore, in one rending, the scrolloping emblazoned scroll.
1928 V. Woolf Orlando v. 208 Cucumbers ‘came scrolloping across the grass to his feet’.
1931 V. Woolf Waves 308 Then I scoff at the floridity and absurdity of some scrolloping tomb.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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