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kibe

[ kahyb ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
  1. a chapped or ulcerated chilblain, especially on the heel.


kibe

/ kaɪb /

noun

  1. a chilblain, esp an ulcerated one on the heel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kibe1

1350–1400; Middle English kybe, perhaps < Welsh cibi
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kibe1

C14: probably from Welsh cibi, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

It belongs to a romantic age where excess was atoned for by asceticism, and spasms of vice galled the kibe of negative virtue.

Meanwhile the purely plebeian society was growing, and the toe of the clown beginning to gall the kibe of the courtier.

The age is grown so picked, that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe.

The age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe.

But now, sir, the clouted shoe of the peasant galls the kibe of the courtier.

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