lave-eared
English
Etymology
Compare Welsh llaf (“that extends round”), llipa (“flaccid, flapping”), German lapp (“flabby”), Lappohr (“flap ear”).
Adjective
lave-eared (comparative more lave-eared, superlative most lave-eared)
- (obsolete) Having large, pendent ears.
- 1597, Bishop Hall, Toothlesse Satyrs, Book II., Satire II.
- A lave-ear'd asse with gold may trapped bee.
- 1597, Bishop Hall, Toothlesse Satyrs, Book II., Satire II.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lave-eared in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
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