单词 | farrantly |
释义 | farrantlyadj. northern dialect. 1. Of a person. a. Comely, handsome, good-looking. ΚΠ 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 17 Farantly, handsome. 1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. 23 Whya hang thee, thau er farrantly enuff tae leak at. 1867 Cornhill Mag. 15 731 So took up wi' a farrantly whench. b. Genteel, respectable. ΚΠ 1794 M. Darwall Poems I. 95 Five farently youths for her wasted their prime. 2. Of a thing: Becoming, fit, proper. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > fitting or proper methelyeOE ylikeeOE fairOE i-meteOE rightOE becomelyc1175 proper?c1225 featc1325 conablea1340 rightful1340 worthyc1350 pursuanda1375 covenable1382 dignec1385 convenablec1386 thriftyc1386 sittingc1390 comenablea1400 gainlya1400 meeta1400 wortha1400 convenientc1400 meetlya1425 suinga1425 fitc1440 tallc1440 worthyc1450 good1477 dueful?a1527 beseeminga1530 fitting1535 straighta1538 decent1539 answerable1542 becoming1565 condecent1575 becomed1599 respective1605 befittinga1612 comely1617 decorous1664 shape-like1672 beseemly1737 farrantly?1748 fitly1840 in order1850 ?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) 30 There's non sitch farrantly tawk a beawt'r. 1839 Cumbrld. & Westm. Dial. 13 Tae spin tow for bord claiths en sheets..wod hev been mitch mair farently then ritin books. 1855 E. Waugh in Harland's Lanc. Lyrics 136 A farrantly bargain he'd be. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > see alsoalso refers to : farrandlyfarrantlyadv. < adj.1673 see also |
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