单词 | warry |
释义 | † warryadj.1 Obsolete. rare. Of a tree: Full of knots. Cf. warried adj., warren adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [adjective] > of or having knots knarryc1405 knottedc1440 crabbed?1518 knubbed1567 warried1567 warry1567 scraggy1574 crab-knob1582 knurly1602 gnarleda1616 thwarterous1625 nodous1646 snubbya1758 snarly1770 swirly1786 gnarly1846 knarred1849 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 108 There stood in it a warrie Oke [L. annoso robore quercus]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). warryadj.2 poetic. rare. Belligerent, warlike. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [adjective] > warlike > of persons fightya1325 fightinga1340 fadea1400 maliciousc1400 warly1423 bellicose1432 warlike1488 bellicous1536 bellosious1606 debellative1651 Tyrtaean1880 warry1901 1901 W. B. Yeats in Lady Gregory Ideals in Ireland 96 She looked ‘very strong and warry and fierce, but not wicked’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.11567adj.21901 |
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