buttercuppedadj.
/ˈbʌtəkʌpt/, U.S. /ˈbədərˌkəpt/ Abounding in buttercups; covered or adorned with buttercups.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [adjective] > of or abound in buttercups
buttercupped1832
buttercuppy1871
1832 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 537 Their couch was one of the inland sweeps of its mossy, and daisied, and butter-cupped bank.
1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere III. vi. xliv. 283 A wavering rainy light played..over the buttercupped river meadows.
1920 O. Onions Case in Camera iii. iii. 84 She stood, in the white frock and buttercupped hat, against the musk and geraniums of the sunny window.
1924 Public Opinion 9 May 400/1 Banks all buttercup'd and burning.
2004 T. Moore Spanish Steps (2005) 61 I lay down in the cool, high, buttercupped grass.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1832- to look in the face
- to look inside
- to look into
- to look into a millstone
- to look kindly on
- to look kindly upon
- to look like
- to look like one has seen a ghost
- to look like something that fell off a flitting
- to look like something the cat has brought in
- to look lively
- to look look out for number one
- to look mind one's hits
- to look nice
- to look nine ways
- to look nine ways at at thrice
- to look nine ways at once
- to look nine ways for sunday
- to look of
- to look off
- to look old-fashioned at
- to look oldfashioned at
- to look on
- to look on ahead
- to look on formerly also to the bright side of