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down-gyved

down-gyved adjective: hanging down, like gyves or fetters.

Adjective

down-gyved (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) Hanging down, like gyves or fetters.
    • his stockings fouled, / Ungartered and down-gyved to his ankle,c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Synonyms of down-gyved

Forms of down-gyved

alternative formdowngyved

Origin of down-gyved

From down (“from a higher position to a lower one”) + gyved (“to shackle, fetter, chain”). A Shakespearan coinage.

Questions about down-gyved

What does down-gyved mean?
Down-gyved means hanging down, like gyves or fetters.
What part of speech is down-gyved?
Down-gyved is an adjective.

Words near down-gyved in the dictionary

  1. down-currents
  2. down-down
  3. down-downs
  4. down-easter
  5. down-easters
  6. down-gyved
  7. down-hearted
  8. down-heartedly
  9. down-heartedness
  10. down-hole
  11. down-home

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