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单词 high-lifed
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high-lifedadj.

Brit. /ˈhʌɪlʌɪft/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌlaɪft/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: high adj., life n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < high adj. + life n. + -ed suffix2. Compare high life n. and high life adj. 2. Compare also high-spirited adj.
1. Of or relating to high society; leading an extravagant or luxurious lifestyle, living the high life. Now rare.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adjective]
townishc1450
of mode1676
fashionable1712
smart1719
high-lifed1733
social1741
high-lived1757
West Endish1855
Fifth Avenue1858
mundane1904
societified1912
Park Avenue1923
1733 E. Phillips Stage-mutineers 9 For the Caprice here of your Heroic and high lif'd Ladies, my Play will be lost.
1783 C. Macklin True-born Irishman 8 The travelled, rampant, high-lif'd, prancing English Mrs. Diggerty.
1863 New Haven (Connecticut) Daily Palladium 8 Dec. A high lifed wedding lately took place at Richmond. A grandson of John Tyler and a sister of Jefferson Davis were the parties.
1920 W. S. Walsh Yours for Sleep vii. 126 Gout often occurs in individuals who have led lives quite in accord with right living, and who are suffering because of the sins of their high-lifed ancestors.
2. U.S. Full of life or spirit; (of an animal, esp. a horse) frisky, skittish, high-spirited.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > full of life
lifefulc1225
greena1522
high-lifed1859
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated
jollyc1325
lightsomea1382
kedgec1440
fledge?1461
crank1499
frisky?a1500
sprightya1522
frisk1528
sprightful1550
quick-spirited1552
cranking1567
lively1567
quick-sprighted1579
aleger1590
bright-eyed1590
firking1594
sprightly1594
spirituous1601
great-stomached1607
spirity1615
spiritous1628
lifesomec1635
vivacious1645
rattlingc1650
quick-set1653
airy1654
animated1660
sparklinga1704
bob1721
vivace1721
animate1801
high-lifed1859
sassy1859
chippy1865
sparky1883
high-keyed1893
high life1903
peppy1914
pepful1915
jazzy1917
upbeat1947
zappy1969
sparkly1979
1859 Ladies' Repository Jan. 260/1 She never appeared to better advantage than when mounted upon a high-lifed steed.
1892 E. Kellogg John Godsoe's Legacy vi. 80 John was high-spirited and high-lifed, and the old man made no allowance.
1921 B. W. Gue American xvii. 218 She..firmly held within her strong and steady hands the lines that guided the high-lifed team.
1960 Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, Montana) 25 Oct. 9/5 Black registered Morgan mare with papers. Very gentle but high lifed.
1999 J. Redice Knight Nubbin Ridge (2000) v. 26 I took off like a high-lifed cat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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