linnow

词形变化

more linnow 比较级 most linnow 最高级

别名

lennow

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Flexible, supple.

    方言 废旧

    Baynyngmaketh the skynne linnowe or soupulle.

    "I'm as linnow now as ever."

词源

Uncertain; perhaps from West Midland Middle English lengh, lenghe (“length”), with vocalisation of final /x/ and the original meaning being "lengthy, slender", though some trace of both the formal and semantic development would be expected already in Middle English.

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