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单词 leisured
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leisuredadj.

Brit. /ˈlɛʒəd/, U.S. /ˈliʒərd/, /ˈlɛʒərd/
Etymology: < leisure n. + -ed suffix2.
1. Of time, action: Characterized or accompanied by leisure.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > [adjective]
easyc1385
leisurable1607
vacant1615
leisured1631
leisure1669
sauntry1732
Sundayish1797
sauntering1818
toilless1848
off-duty1851
Sundayfied1899
non-work1922
spare-time1931
non-job1932
1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 2nd Pt. Ep. Ded. sig. A3v Please you at any of your more leasur'd houres, to vouchsafe the perusall of these sleight papers.
1647 R. Boyle Let. to Hartlib 8 Apr. in Wks. (1772) I. p. xxxix The particulars..do not only ask a profound knowledge..but likewise a leisured and a great multiplicity of reading.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 56 A leisured and level life, free from excitement, hurry and physical exertion or fatigue.
2. Of persons: Having ample leisure, esp. in the leisured class(es.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > [adjective] > at or having leisure > having ample leisure
leisureful1556
leisurely1613
leisured1794
leisure1845
society > leisure > [noun] > person(s) at leisure
holiday-woman1548
holiday-maker1792
the leisured class(es1848
vacationist1885
vacationer1890
lady (or woman) of leisure1948
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [noun]
optimacy1579
aristocracy1651
great world1699
peerage1725
well-connected1788
governing class1795
patriciate1795
well-connected1831
caste1842
(the) salt of the earth1842
the leisured class(es1848
japonicadom1851
countyocracy1859
masterclass1861
proprietariat1872
four hundred1888
the Establishment1923
gratin1934
power élite1942
U1954
upper1955
topside1958
1794 Gentleman's Mag. 64 ii. 1132 Foliage op'ning to the day Courts the leisur'd mortal's stray.
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. ii. ii. §4. 268 The services which a nation is entitled to expect from its leisured classes..would be rendered in a much more beneficial manner than at present.
1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 347 The leisured student.
1891 A. Caldecott Eng. Coloniz. 101 The absorption of energy in the making of fortunes has prevented the formation of any such leisured class.
1923 W. S. Maugham Our Betters ii. 85 American wealth has reached a pitch where it was bound to give rise to a leisured class.
1926 B. Webb My Apprenticeship i. 9 The rulers of the country..ought in the main to be drawn from a leisured class.
1929 D. H. Lawrence Pansies 43 Obviously he's not one of the leisured classes.
1949 A. Wilson Wrong Set 111 The many leisured-class hypotheses by which Mr. Cockshott obviously lived.
1960 M. Bradbury Phogey! iii. 105 The leisured classes demonstrated their leisure by indulgence in useless pursuits (personal relationships, scholarship, etc.).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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