单词 | full of bread |
释义 | > as lemmasfull of bread P5. †full of bread: fed well or to excess; (hence) gluttonous; devoted to the pursuit of physical pleasures or the gratification of the senses. Now rare.With allusion to Ezekiel 16:49: ‘This was the iniquitie of thy sister Sodom; Pride, fulnesse of bread, and aboundance of idlenesse was in her and in her daughters.’ ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > fed or nourished > filled with food fullOE full-feedinga1382 repletea1400 satiate1440 full-fed?1530 full of bread?1570 strut1577 full-mouthed1610 crop-full1645 ?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. sig. F.vi The Moores are a vaine people, the Phrygians fearefull,..the Sodomits full of bread. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 80 A tooke my father grosly full of bread . View more context for this quotation 1826 Q. Rev. 33 356 She was full of bread, in the prime and lustihood of youth. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! II. ii. 61 He being idle..and also full of bread, (for Sir Richard kept a very good table,) had already looked round..after some one with whom to fall in love. 1933 Concord (Mass.) Enterprise 22 Mar. 4/6 The land prospered and everyone was full of bread. < as lemmas |
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