ribanded
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ribanded (not comparable)
- Decorated with ribands; ribboned.
- 1604 March 25 (first performance; Gregorian calendar; published 1604), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Part of the Kings Entertainment in Passing to His Coronation [The Coronation Triumph]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, page 846:
- PROTHYMIA, or Promptitude, was attyr'd in a ſhort tuck't garment of flame-colour, wings at her backe; her haire bright, and bound vp with ribands; her breſt open, virago-like; her buskins ſo ribanded: […]
References
[edit]- “ribanded”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.