单词 | gentle-spirited |
释义 | > as lemmasgentle-spirited a. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘that has a gentle ——’, by combining with a noun + -ed, as in gentle-hearted, gentle-souled, gentle-spirited, etc. ΚΠ 1550 J. Bankes tr. J. Rivius Treat. Folishnesse of Men sig. I.viii Leste I shulde be to tedious to the gentyll harted readers. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vii. 362 Bold and bloodie Tullia poysons her faire and gentle-conditioned Aruns. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 151 The Cassowary..is a gentle-natured bird. 1795 W. Seward Anecd. II. 227 This beautiful and gentle-minded woman. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 187 But he managed every body, as your gentle-mannered person is apt to do. 1830 W. Scott Auchindrane i. i. 245 A young man, gentle-voiced and gentle-eyed. 1909 ‘M. Twain’ Is Shakespeare Dead? ii. 22 He was a most kind and gentle-spirited man. 1953 D. Whipple Someone at Distance (1999) xxii. 260 It was all so painful, and gentle-hearted John Bennett shrank from his part in it. 2017 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 July (Weekend section) t25 Three young nuns living under the tutelage of the gentle-souled Sister Marea. < as lemmas |
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