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单词 brindled
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brindledadj.

/ˈbrɪnd(ə)ld/
Etymology: A variant of the earlier brinded adj., probably by assimilation to such words as kindled, mingled, perhaps with some feeling of a diminutive sense.
‘Streaked, tabby, marked with streaks’ (Johnson).
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective] > streaked
brinded1430
straked1537
branded1561
flaked1577
pencilled1592
streaked1600
brandy1608
striated1646
straky1650
bestreakeda1658
tabby1665
whipped1673
brindle1676
brindled1678
striate1678
rowy1742
streaky1747
virgated1803
roded1841
fibrilloso-striate1846
roey1850
tabbied1861
rody1864
1678 London Gaz. No. 1328/4 Lost or stolen..a large light brindled gelt Mastiff Dog.
1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xi. 378 The brindled Lion, or the tusky Bear.
1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. xl. 38 His beard..was of a brindled hue.
1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited v. 100 The mustachoes which hid the expression of the human mouth under a brindled tuft of hair.
1866 J. G. Edgar Runnymede xxxiii. 186 A brindled bull.
1886 Engineer 1 Oct. 265 The brindled brick trade..is an important Staffordshire industry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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