Dabblement

Quick meaning: Dabblement is a noun meaning The process or act of dabbling; A superficial investigation or participation.

Meaning

The process or act of dabbling; A superficial investigation or participation.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) A somewhat wet concentration of mud, paint, water, gore, etc.

Example Sentences

But let us leave these dabblements in acoustics, and come on to a second waterfall, which is, to my mind, as beautiful as the first is magnificent.

I returned, near broken-down utterly, at the set time; and alas, was met by a foul dabblement of paint oozing downstairs; the painters had proved treacherous to her; time could not be kept!

Though he seldom in his final years even hinted at bebop, Miles's last years were dominated by the blues, a recognition that still hasn't filtered through his dabblement with pop and hip-hop.

Already victor, whom on slippery ground, Drench'd with the blood of victims newly slain, He stumbled, luckless man; his footing lost, Prone on the turf amid the dabblement Of mud and gore he fell;

Word Forms

• dabblements

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dalliance, dabbing, dipping, dabber, delving, dabbity.

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