kibe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kibe
1350–1400; Middle English kybe, perhaps < Welsh cibi
Vocabulary lists containing kibe
Example Sentences
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It belongs to a romantic age where excess was atoned for by asceticism, and spasms of vice galled the kibe of negative virtue.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Hubbard, Elbert
I'll have to kibe his heels at Court, if you fail.
From Count Alarcos; a Tragedy by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
Ay, sir; where lies that? if ’twere a kibe.
From The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
The age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
‘The toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe.’
From The London Pulpit by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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