单词 | natural parts |
释义 | natural partsn. 1. The genitals. Now archaic.In quot. 1709 punning on sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > [noun] shapea1000 shameOE i-cundeOE memberc1300 privy memberc1325 kindc1330 privitiesc1375 harness1382 shameful parts1382 genitoriesa1387 partc1390 tailc1390 genitalsa1393 thingc1405 genitalc1450 privy parts1533 secret1535 loin?1541 genitures1548 filthy parts1553 shamefulness1561 ware1561 meatc1564 natural places1569 secret members1577 lady ware1592 natural parts1601 lady's ware1608 gear1611 private parts1623 groin1631 pudendums1634 natural1650 privacies1656 sex1664 secrecyc1675 nudities1677 affair1749 sexual parts1753 person1824 sex organ1847 privates1940 naughty bits1972 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 181 It is good for the naturall parts of women to sit ouer the decoction of it. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 111 The strength of their Backs exert themselves into their Natural Parts. 1709 R. Gould Satyr against Wooing in Wks. II. 37 He..thinks to gain a Mistress by his Head; When any Block-head sooner shall prevail..[that] Courts her with his Tail. What need of using all the Liberal Arts, So well receiv'd with our own Natural Parts? 1755 T. Stack tr. R. Mead Medica Sacra xi. 103 A flux of blood from the natural parts. 1988 Representations Summer 111 The appellation ‘natural parts’ to that region of the body clearly attests to its place in the realm of nature. 2. Innate ability or talents; untaught skill, understanding, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > ability or talent > a talent or special ability > collectively naturalsa1400 sentimentc1470 part1561 natural parts1642 talents1656 eligibilities1660 outfit1851 1642 D. Rogers Naaman To Rdr. sig. B2v All he hath is drawn from a land-spring of naturall parts and gifts. ?c1663 B. Whitelocke Diary (1990) 63 She had excellent naturall parts, She had the French toung perfectly, & had read much of divinity & history. 1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity x. 210 Three things go to the making up of a minister, viz, 1. natural parts, that he be not a fool. 2. acquired parts, that he be learned in the languages..3. the Grace of God. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 197. ⁋5 Courage is the natural Parts of a Soldier. 1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) IV. iii. 125 A rough man, with good natural parts. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. i. 30 Teague, whose natural parts were not bad, and presence of mind considerable, instantly took the resolution to throw the matter on the clergyman. 1881 H. James Washington Square xxii. 162 Between the fear of losing..should be remembered by readers disposed to judge harshly of a young man who may have struck them as making but an indifferently successful use of fine natural parts. 1899 Dict. National Biogr. LIX. 312/1 A man of considerable natural parts and with a gift of humour. 1903 H. James Ambassadors xii. xxxv. 450 There's no doubt that, with your natural parts, you'd have much in common with him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601 |
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