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English
Etymology
From chilblain + -ed.
Adjective
chilblained (comparative more chilblained, superlative most chilblained)
- Afflicted with a chilblain.
1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: , London: for M L , published 1602, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii:each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-up Lumpe of Barmy froth, / […] / Or Clumſy Chil-blain'd Iudgement; that, vvith Oath, / Magnificates his Merit; and beſpaules / The conſcious Time, vvith humorous Fome; & bravvles, / As if his Organons of Senſe vvould crack / The ſinevves of my Patience.