fine-toothed
adj.
c.1600, "epicurean, having delicate tastes," from fine, adj. + toothed "having teeth" (of a certain kind); see tooth, n.. By 1703 as "having fine teeth" (of a saw, file, comb, etc.); fine-tooth in this sense attested from 1804.
| 词汇 | fine-toothed |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary fine-toothed adj. c.1600, "epicurean, having delicate tastes," from fine, adj. + toothed "having teeth" (of a certain kind); see tooth, n.. By 1703 as "having fine teeth" (of a saw, file, comb, etc.); fine-tooth in this sense attested from 1804. |
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