zebraed, adj.

zebraed
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# zebraedadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zebraed mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zebraed. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the adjective zebraed?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1830 | 0.0024
1840 | 0.0023
1850 | 0.002
1860 | 0.0018
1870 | 0.0011
1880 | 0.0007
1890 | 0.0006
1900 | 0.0005
1910 | 0.0003
1920 | 0.0002
1930 | 0.0002
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0002
1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.0001
1980 | 0.0001
1990 | 0.0001
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

### How is the adjective zebraed pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɛbrəd/
ZEB-ruhd
/ˈziːbrəd/
ZEE-bruhd

#### U.S. English

/ˈzibrəd/
ZEE-bruhd

### Where does the adjective zebraed come from?

Earliest known use

1800s

The earliest known use of the adjective zebraed is in the 1800s.

OED's earliest evidence for zebraed is from 1806, in St. James's Chronicle.

zebraed is formed within English, by derivation.

Etymons: zebra n., ‑ed suffix2.

### Nearby entries

1. zea maize, n. 1811–
2. zearalanol, n. 1966–
3. zearalenone, n. 1966–
4. zeatin, n. 1963–
5. zeaxanthin, n. 1929–
6. Zebedist, n. 1574
7. zebra, n. 1597–
8. zebra caterpillar, n. 1841–
9. zebra crossing, n. 1934–
10. zebra danio, n. 1917–
11. zebraed, adj.1806–
12. zebra finch, n. 1868–
13. zebrafish, n. 1771–
14. zebraic, adj. 1858–
15. zebra marking, n. 1854–
16. zebra moray, n. 1933–
17. zebra mule, n. 1841–
18. zebra mussel, n. 1866–
19. zebrano, n. 1908–
20. zebra opossum, n. 1808–
21. zebra parakeet, n. 1856–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by derivation.
< zebra n. + ‑ed suffix2…
< zebra n. + ‑ed suffix2.

### Notes

Compare French zébré (1807).

## Meaning & use

1. 1806–
   Having markings like those of a zebra; striped, esp. in black and white.
   1. 1806

      > The ground work was richly zebraed in spangles.

      St. James's Chronicle 18 January
   2. 1839

      > The whole garment zebraed with tarnished lace.

      New Monthly Magazine vol. 56 311
   3. 1895

      > Hermon itself, streaked and zebraed with snow.

      W. Wright, Palmyra & Zenobia xxiv. 277
   4. 1922

      > The hard and braying light Is zebra'd black and white.

      E. Sitwell, Façade 15
   5. 2003

      > I glanced down at my legs, zebraed with dirt: grit clung in black stripes to my white skin.

      S. Grace, Under Cottonwoods (2005) v. 47
   1. ray 1374–
      Made of striped cloth; (of cloth) striped. Also as postmodifier. In later use chiefly in ray cloth.
   2. barred a1387–
      Ornamented with bars (see bar, n.¹ I.i.4); striped, streaked. spec. in Zoology names (see quots.); also in combinations, as barred-breasted adj.
   3. rayed?a1400–
      Esp. of cloth: striped, streaked.
   4. bended c1400–1572
      Striped or banded; in Heraldry having a bend or bends; = bendy, adj.¹
   5. scowled c1440
      ? Striped.
   6. listed a1500–
      Bordered, edged; striped. Also (of colours), arranged in bands or stripes.
   7. burled c1500
      Striped.
   8. paly a1509–13
      gen. Striped. Obsolete.
   9. stripy 1513–
      Having, marked with, or suggestive of stripes or bands of colour.
   10. rawed 1534–1633
       Striped.
   11. straked 1537–
       Streaked, striped.
   12. railye 1539–42
       Striped; so adorned as to appear striped. Chiefly as postmodifier. Cf. railyet, n.
   13. rowed 1552–
       Having stripes, streaks, or rows (of a specified colour). Cf. rawed, adj. Now rare.
   14. begaired 1554
   15. pirnie 1597–1865
       Of cloth: woven from threads of different colours; striped. Cf. pirn, v.
   16. tiger-marked 1597–
       Parasynthetic, instrumental, similative, etc., as tiger-footed, tiger-hearted, tiger-looking, tiger-marked, tiger-passioned, tiger-proof, tiger-st…
   17. tiger-striped 1597–
       Parasynthetic, instrumental, similative, etc., as tiger-footed, tiger-hearted, tiger-looking, tiger-marked, tiger-passioned, tiger-proof, tiger-st…
   18. interlined 1601–
   19. waled 1602
       Striped. open-waled, having an open texture.
   20. striped 1604–
       Marked with a stripe or stripes, having a band or bands of colour, streaked.
   21. panached 1664–
       Plumed; †patterned with coloured stripes so as to resemble a plume (obsolete).
   22. strip 1666
       attributive or adj. Striped. Obsolete.
   23. ribboned 1790–
       Having ribbon-like markings or bands; characterized by this; striped.
   24. zebraed 1806–
       Having markings like those of a zebra; striped, esp. in black and white.
   25. zebrine a1810–
       Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of a zebra or zebras.
   26. bestriped 1821–
   27. banded 1823–
       Furnished with a band (or bands); in Heraldry with a band differing in colour from the garb.
   28. sparred 1827–
       Having spar-like markings.
   29. notate 1857–
       Marked, spotted.
   30. zebraic 1858–
       Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a zebra or zebras.
   31. stroked 1896–
       Striped. Cf. straked, adj.¹
   32. tigered 1969–
       Striped or broken into stripes.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɛbrəd/
ZEB-ruhd
/ˈziːbrəd/
ZEE-bruhd

### U.S. English

/ˈzibrəd/
ZEE-bruhd

####

##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zebraed typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zebraed is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zebraed, adj., 1830–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1830 | 0.0024
1840 | 0.0023
1850 | 0.002
1860 | 0.0018
1870 | 0.0011
1880 | 0.0007
1890 | 0.0006
1900 | 0.0005
1910 | 0.0003
1920 | 0.0002
1930 | 0.0002
1940 | 0.0002
1950 | 0.0002
1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.0001
1980 | 0.0001
1990 | 0.0001
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

Originally published as part of the entry for zebra, n.

zebraed, adj. was revised in June 2018.

zebraed, adj. was last modified in July 2023.