brinded
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of brinded
Earlier brended, Middle English brend, brind literally, burnt, past participle of brennen burn 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
From eastern hills a grisly troop descends, Whose war song wild the shuddering concave rends; Cloak'd in a tiger's hide their grim chief towers, And apes the brinded god his tribe adores.
From The Columbiad by Barlow, Joel
The most learned commentators upon Shakspeare have given the passage thus: "Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed; Thrice; and once the hedge-pig whined."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
It is an admirable satire upon half the labored criticisms of Shakspeare with which the world has been deluged: "Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed; Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined!"
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
"The grassy clods now calved; now half appear'd The tawny lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts, then springs as broke from bonds, And rampant shakes his brinded mane."
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed, and now she threatens to have me up before the matron.
From The Christian A Story by Caine, Hall, Sir
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
