keptadj.

Brit.

/kɛpt/, U.S.

/kɛpt/

Etymology: < keep v.

In various senses derived from keep v.; spec.

a. Maintained or supported by a paramour. Also of a man or boy maintained or supported in a homosexual relationship.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > kept as a mistress or lover

kept1680

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 5 A kept Mistress too! my bowels yearn to her already.

1741 tr. Marquis d'Argens Chinese Lett. xxii. 152 Some..have Houses of their own, as do most of the Kept-Misses at Paris.

1747 J. Wesley Jrnl. 22 Nov. About six years ago, she was without God in the world, being a kept mistress.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 363 A kept woman..having been deserted by her protector, took to furious drinking.

1963 Economist 27 Apr. 304/1 The complete failure to translate his off-beat characteristics into homosexual or kept-man terms.

1966 ‘R. Standish’ Widow Hack xi. 121 The appalling indignities endured by kept men pass belief.

1969 Jeremy 1 iii. 25/1 At the upper-end of the scene is the kept-boy who has little or nothing in common with the humbler ‘rent-boy’.

b. Financially supported by, and in consequence under the private control of, interested persons.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > connected with or providing maintenance or support > maintained or provided for by another

kept1888

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Sept. 7/2 Mr. Chamberlain, speaking at Nottingham, is reported to have said, ‘..The Irish party is a kept party’.

1900 Daily News 23 Feb. 6/4 The confederacy of international financiers working through a kept Press.

2. Maintained in ordinary or good condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserved in being or use > preserved in proper condition

fencible1417

well-kept1613

kept1856

care-and-maintenance1930

1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 6 The kept grounds are very limited, and in simple but quiet taste.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 67 Every village having a kept piece of ground outside it which is the dancing place for the village.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kept
释义	keptadj. Brit. /kɛpt/, U.S. /kɛpt/ Etymology: < keep v. In various senses derived from keep v.; spec. 1. a. Maintained or supported by a paramour. Also of a man or boy maintained or supported in a homosexual relationship. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > kept as a mistress or lover kept1680 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 5 A kept Mistress too! my bowels yearn to her already. 1741 tr. Marquis d'Argens Chinese Lett. xxii. 152 Some..have Houses of their own, as do most of the Kept-Misses at Paris. 1747 J. Wesley Jrnl. 22 Nov. About six years ago, she was without God in the world, being a kept mistress. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 363 A kept woman..having been deserted by her protector, took to furious drinking. 1963 Economist 27 Apr. 304/1 The complete failure to translate his off-beat characteristics into homosexual or kept-man terms. 1966 ‘R. Standish’ Widow Hack xi. 121 The appalling indignities endured by kept men pass belief. 1969 Jeremy 1 iii. 25/1 At the upper-end of the scene is the kept-boy who has little or nothing in common with the humbler ‘rent-boy’. b. Financially supported by, and in consequence under the private control of, interested persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > connected with or providing maintenance or support > maintained or provided for by another kept1888 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Sept. 7/2 Mr. Chamberlain, speaking at Nottingham, is reported to have said, ‘..The Irish party is a kept party’. 1900 Daily News 23 Feb. 6/4 The confederacy of international financiers working through a kept Press. 2. Maintained in ordinary or good condition. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserved in being or use > preserved in proper condition fencible1417 well-kept1613 kept1856 care-and-maintenance1930 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 6 The kept grounds are very limited, and in simple but quiet taste. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 67 Every village having a kept piece of ground outside it which is the dancing place for the village. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1680
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