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

Word History and Origins

Origin of kibe¹

1350–1400; Middle English kybe, perhaps < Welsh cibi

Word History and Origins

Origin of kibe¹

C14: probably from Welsh cibi, of obscure origin

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.

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

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

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

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

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