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English
Etymology
From marble + -ed.
Adjective
marbled (comparative more marbled, superlative most marbled)
- Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.
- Synonym: bemarbled
c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 92, column 1:Goe great with Tygers, Dragons, Wolues, and Beares, / Teeme with new Monſters, whom thy vpward face / Hath to the Marbled Manſion all aboue / Neuer preſented.
- Having marbling.
- Resembling marble.
- (meat) Interlaced with fat.
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Verb
marbled
- simple past and past participle of marble
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