moldy(adj.)
也可作 mouldy,意为“生霉的,腐烂的”,1570年代,早期为 mowly(14世纪晚期),源自 mold(n.2)和 -y(2)。相关词汇: Moldiness。
Your most beautiful bit, that hath all eyes upon her,
That her honesty sells for a hogo of honour ;
Whose lightness and brightness do shine in such splendor,
That none but the stars are thought fit to attend her :
Though now she be pleasant and sweet to the sense,
Will be damnably mouldy a hundred years hence.
[Thomas Jordan, 17c.]
你最美丽的那一部分,所有人都在注视着她,
她的诚实为荣誉的代价而出售;
她的轻盈和明亮闪耀着如此的光彩,
只有星星才配得上陪伴她;
虽然现在她令人愉悦,甜美动人,
一百年后会变得可怕的发霉。
[托马斯·乔丹,17世纪]
该词起源时间:1570年代