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chilblained

chilblained adjective: afflicted with a chilblain.

Adjective

chilblained (comparative more chilblained, superlative most chilblained)

  1. Afflicted with a chilblain.
    • [T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-up Lumpe of Barmy froth, / […] / Or Clumſy Chil-blain'd Iudgement; that, vvith Oath, / Magnificates his Merit; and beſpaules / The conſcious Time, vvith humorous Fome; & bravvles, / As if his Organons of...1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii

Forms of chilblained

comparativemore chilblained
superlativemost chilblained

Origin of chilblained

From chilblain + -ed.

Questions about chilblained

What does chilblained mean?
Chilblained means afflicted with a chilblain.
What part of speech is chilblained?
Chilblained is an adjective.

Words near chilblained in the dictionary

  1. chilarium
  2. Chilas
  3. chilaune
  4. Chilaw
  5. chilblain
  6. chilblained
  7. chilblains
  8. Chilcat
  9. Chilcats
  10. Chilchinbito
  11. Chilcoat

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