Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of marrow; strong; energetic; hence, in discourse or writing, pithy, forcible, effective, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of marrow; pithy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Full of
marrow ;pithy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ps. 66: 15 (Heb. meah, meaning "marrowy," "fat," a species of sheep).
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Or towards soft contrasts of the marrowy cake with l' orange and spices and its crémeux of hazelnut chocolate roasted.
5/5 2009
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Or towards soft contrasts of the marrowy cake with l' orange and spices and its crémeux of hazelnut chocolate roasted.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Lingard — two mastiffs fighting over a marrowy bone.
Almayer's Folly 2006
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Making stock from the bones because truly, there is not a shred of meat left on there means I am sucking every last drop of flavor, every last nutritive molecule of marrowy mineral, every last cent out of the I-don't-want-to-admit-how-much-we-spent, from the turkey.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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Making stock from the bones because truly, there is not a shred of meat left on there means I am sucking every last drop of flavor, every last nutritive molecule of marrowy mineral, every last cent out of the I-don't-want-to-admit-how-much-we-spent, from the turkey.
Turkey Vegetable Soup - If Roasting Were Labor, This Would be the Afterbirth 2006
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They have a certain slight distinctive roughness; are fine, juicy, marrowy in the mouth, and after having been in bottle some years they acquire a very beautiful bouquet.
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With axe and shovel you explore this mine, and follow the marrowy store, yellow as beef tallow, or as if you had struck on a vein of gold, deep into the earth.
Walden 2004
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So far from being soon out of season, it retains its tender and marrowy character longer than many other varieties.
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After the maturation of the fruit, when their green colour has changed to a dark yellow, they are plucked, opened, their beans cleared of the marrowy substance, and spread out to dry in the air.
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