corbe

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/kɔː(ɹ)b/

adjective

crooked

OriginOld French corbe ← Latin curvus →
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Meanings

adjectivecorbe (comparative more corbe, superlative most corbe)

comparative more corbe · superlative most corbe

  1. obsoletecrooked

    I deeme thy braine emperished bee Through rusty elde, that hath rotted thee: Or sicker thy head veray tottie is, So on thy corbe shoulder it leanes amisse.

    1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latincurvus
  2. Old Frenchcorbe
  3. Englishcorbe

From Old French corbe, from Latin curvus.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with corbe

absorborbadsorbzorbinorbsea orb
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Anagrams

CoberBroce
Cite this entry
APA

corbe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corbe

MLA

“corbe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corbe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corbe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corbe.

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