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单词 ill-faring
释义

ill-faringadj.

Etymology: < ill adv. + faring adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈill-ˈfaring.
Faring badly, in bad condition; ill-conditioned.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > not prospering or flourishing
ill-faringa1400
thriftlessc1400
unthendec1400
unthriftyc1400
thriveless1521
unthriving1600
improsperous1602
unflourishing1764
unprosperous1776
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil way of life > [adjective]
ill-faringa1400
misliving1423
misliveda1425
ill vivandc1460
evil-belived1557
a1400 Sir Perc. 848 Siche ille farande fare.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ff4 The il-faring word of farewell.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. ix. 131 When I consider..how ill faring the Greeke terme would sound in the English eare.

Derivatives

ˌill-ˈfaringly adv. Obsolete in an ill-conditioned manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in specific manner > well- or ill-conditioned
ill-faringly1589
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 229 Another..spake as illfaringly in this verse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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