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单词 mannered
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manneredadj.

Brit. /ˈmanəd/, U.S. /ˈmænərd/
Forms: Middle English ymanered, Middle English ymanerite, Middle English–1500s manered, Middle English–1700s manerd, 1500s–1700s mannerd, 1500s– mannered, 1600s manere'd, 1600s manred, 1600s–1800s manner'd; also Scottish pre-1700 maneret, pre-1700 manerit, pre-1700 manert.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: manner n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < manner n. + -ed suffix2.In sense 3 probably influenced by the use of classical Latin mōrātus in Horace's Ars Poetica 319: morataque recte fabula ; compare the influence of mōs on senses of manner n. With sense 4 compare French maniéré affected (1697), characterized by mannerism. In Middle English in forms ymanered, ymanerite with prefixation after past participle forms in y- prefix.
I. Characterized by manners or mannerism.
1. Having manners, habits, or behaviour of a specified kind.For uses with a prefixed adjective or adverb forming established compounds, as well-, ill-mannered, etc., see under the first element.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > [adjective] > behaved or conducted in a specific manner
thewedc1200
i-lateta1225
ytheweda1400
demeaned14..
manneredc1400
tachedc1400
behavioured1589
behaved1604
conversationeda1625
carriaged1633
conducted1856
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. ii. 23 And Mede is manered after hym riȝte as kynde axeth.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xx. 448 He is not manered like a gentyll man.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 110 (MED) Folwe oft-sithes þe conseill of þe most best manered men of þi court.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xv. f. 187v Thou could not stawnche The hunger of thy greedye gut and euill mannerd pawnche.
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) v. 41 I finde..Pembrokshere to be worst manred and hardest to find personable.
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xiii. 17 Beseeching you to giue her Princely training, that she may be manere'd as she is borne. View more context for this quotation
1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces iv. 137 A people differently bred and manner'd from the Traders.
1798 H. Brand Adelinda ii. viii, in Plays & Poems 298 I might have spared har the trouble of coming, for a dancing bear from our fair, might have sat for yar likeness, yow are so bad mannered.
1815 C. Lamb Let. 16 Apr. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 140 From thence I turned to V[incent] Bourne—what a sweet unpretending pretty-mannered matter-ful creature.
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 103 The Americans are better mannered than others, in as far as they reverence intellect more than wealth and fashion.
1854 J. R. Lowell Jrnl. Italy in Wks. (1890) I. 175 We graver-tempered and -mannered Septentrions.
1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie III. ix. 145 He was well-dressed, and mannered like a gentleman.
1880 B. Disraeli Endymion III. iii. 25 The most sweetly mannered gentleman alive.
1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 772/2 I had trained it into being a perfectly mannered house pet.
1952 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 6 May 1/6 A mild-mannered bank vice-president..was accused..of embezzling about $400,000 to plunge on the stock market.
1983 ‘J. le Carré’ Little Drummer Girl i. 16 Against his wishes, they saddled him at the last minute with a slow-mannered Silesian policeman from Hamburg.
2. Having good manners; well-behaved, polite; refined, gracious, sophisticated. Now chiefly regional.In quot. 1575 in extended use, of a dwelling: elegant.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered
well-theweda1200
theweda1400
mannerablea1475
mannered1483
well-mannereda1513
mannerlya1529
well-fashioned1540
unrude1648
good-mannered1715
mannersome1876
couth1896
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 150 b/1 Lerne of marye to be manerd and fere ful to all men.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 240 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 102 Mansweit but malice manerit & meike.
1568 T. Howell Newe Sonets (1879) 157 Who are more feate or trim traind vp, then manerd seruents are?
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 19v Thair manerit Mans sa perfyit and preclair, Enuirond all about with hailsum air.
1829 H. F. Lyte Tales in Verse (ed. 2) 93 His wife, good Mrs. Field, Heaven bless her face! Was one might well adorn a higher place; Accomplished, mannered, lady-like and fair.
1867 E. Lazarus Poems & Transl. 159 Lissome and lithe was she, with slender form, Girlishly delicate, exquisitely fair, Mannered with perfect and unconscious grace.
1920 E. A. Robinson Lancelot i. 13 A still fear that would not be veiled wholly With any mask of mannered nonchalance.
1976 Drum (Johannesburg) June (E. Afr. ed.) 21/3 My parents want me to look for a beautiful and mannered lady to marry.
1992 C. Sargent Castle Drachenfels (BNC) To each soul, be they merchant or prospector, mannered gentlewoman or rough-handed son of toil, Drachenfels told a story which appealed to their own greatest vanity or desire.
3. Of a work of literature: concerned with the portrayal of character and moral conduct. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > exhibiting manners
mannered1755
1755 J. Grainger Solitude in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems 241 Then know thyself, the human mind survey... Hence Inspiration plans his manner'd lays.
1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry 400 The moral, or rather mannered [Gk. ἠθική] Tragedy (for we seem to want a word here).
4. Of art, architecture, etc.: characterized by or given to mannerism; artificial, affected, or over-elaborate in style.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > qualities of works generally
wateryc1230
polite?a1500
meagre1539
over-laboured1579
bald1589
spiritless1592
light1597
meretricious1633
standing1661
effectual1662
airy1664
severe1665
correct1676
enervatea1704
free1728
classic1743
academic1752
academical1752
chaste1753
nerveless1763
epic1769
crude1786
effective1790
creative1791
soulless1794
mannered1796
manneristical1830
manneristic1837
subjective1840
inartisticala1849
abstract1857
inartistic1859
literary1900
period1905
atmospheric1908
dateless1908
atmosphered1920
non-naturalistic1925
self-indulgent1926
free-styled1933
soft-centred1935
freestyle1938
pseudish1938
decadent1942
post-human1944
kitschy1946
faux-naïf1958
spare1965
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > affected
affected1578
affecting1597
coxcombical1723
mannered1796
manneristical1830
manneristic1837
1796 J. Farington Diary 2 Apr. (1978) II. 518 The drawings of Turner are very ingenious, but it is a manner'd harmony which He obtains.
1801 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting I. ii. 74 The mannered and feeble etchings of Theodore van Tulden.
1861 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 157 The colour has a slightly greenish-blue tinge, which is mannered, but not unpleasing.
1884 H. R. Haweis My Mus. Life II. 633 That Spohr was too doctrinaire and mannered,..most musicians will allow.
1896 J. W. Mackail Lat. Lit. (ed. 2) 101 That passages in it [sc. Virgil's Aeneid] here and there are mannered, and even flat, is true.
1934 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. 19/1 Her air of impudence is so engaging, her movements are mannered, and yet easy, her speech rhythmic and Celtically lilted.
1964 I. Murdoch Italian Girl (1967) i. 19 I looked at..the mannered engravings which had once seemed the equal of Bewick.
1987 Trad. Interior Decoration Summer 35/1 Of all our native architectural styles, the Jacobean is perhaps the most mannered.
II. Moderate.
5. Moderate, within bounds. Cf. manner n. 15. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adjective]
methelyeOE
i-meteOE
methefulOE
attempre1297
measurablec1330
temprea1340
temperatec1380
temperantc1384
attemperatec1386
attemperelc1386
chastea1400
mannered1435
measureda1450
moderatea1450
well-measuredc1450
attempered1474
modest1548
sober1552
measurely1570
temperable1619
contemperate1647
submissive1753
managed1770
self-contained1838
inexplosive1867
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 94 (MED) Lufe..of kynsmen, if it be vn-manerd, fleschly affeccione it is cald..And if it be manerd [L. moderatus], kyndely it is calde.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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