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kibe
[ kahyb ]
noun
, Medicine/Medical.
- a chapped or ulcerated chilblain, especially on the heel.
kibe
/ kaɪb /
noun
- a chilblain, esp an ulcerated one on the heel
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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.
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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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