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shabbed

/ˈʃæbɪd/

shabbed adjective: shabby. Also the simple past and past participle of shab.

Adjective

shabbed (comparative more shabbed, superlative most shabbed)

  1. (obsolete) shabby
    • he being also a meer Scholar, and therefore in a poor and shabbed condition[…]1691, [Anthony Wood], Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford from the Fifteenth Year of...
    • This person, who lived very poor, and in a shabbed condition in his confinement, and would be glad to take a pot of ale from any one that would give it to him […]1882, William White, Notes and queries: Volume 65

Also used as

shabbed is also the simple past and past participle of shab.

Forms of shabbed

comparativemore shabbed
superlativemost shabbed

Words that rhyme with shabbed

Questions about shabbed

What does shabbed mean?
Shabbed means shabby.
What part of speech is shabbed?
Shabbed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce shabbed?
Shabbed is pronounced /ˈʃæbɪd/.

Words near shabbed in the dictionary

  1. shabbath
  2. shabbaton
  3. shabbatons
  4. shabbatot
  5. shabbats
  6. shabbed
  7. shabbes
  8. shabbes goy
  9. shabbes goys
  10. shabbes-goy
  11. shabbes-goys

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