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单词 nourishment
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nourishmentn.

Brit. /ˈnʌrᵻʃm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈnərɪʃm(ə)nt/, /ˈnʊrɪʃm(ə)nt/
Forms:

α. Middle English norisement, Middle English–1500s norisshement, Middle English–1500s noryschment, Middle English–1500s norysshement, 1500s norishement, 1500s noryshement, 1500s–1700s norishment; Scottish pre-1700 noreischment.

β. 1500s nuryshement, 1500s–1600s nurrishment, 1500s–1600s 1800s nurishment; Scottish pre-1700 nureisment, pre-1700 nurischement, pre-1700 nurischment, pre-1700 nurishment, pre-1700 nurisment.

γ. 1500s nooryshement, 1500s nourishement, 1500s nourysshment, 1500s– nourishment.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably a borrowing from French. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French nurissement , norrissement ; nourish v., -ment suffix.
Etymology: Probably partly < Anglo-Norman nurissement, nurisement, norisement, norisment, noricement, etc., and Middle French norrissement, nourrissement food, action of nourishing (late 12th cent. in Old French as nurissement ; French nourrissement ; < nourrir nourish v. + -ment -ment suffix), and partly < nourish v. + -ment suffix. Compare nourishing n., nutriment n., nouriture n.
1. The action, process, or fact of nourishing; nurture.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun]
nourishmentc1330
nurshinga1382
nurshmenta1382
sustenance1389
nutrition?a1425
nutrure?c1450
sustentation1452
nutrifaction?1503
education1533
feeding1547
nourishing1560
nutriture1568
cherishment1593
subsistence1615
nutrication1623
alimentation1626
keeping1644
alition1650
alumnation1658
focillation1658
aliture1721
altion1721
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 2938 (MED) Arthour..Seþþen þou were born..Ich haue ȝouen þe norisement.
?c1500 Conversion of St. Paul (Digby) 335 Take yow sum coumforth for your bodyes noryschment.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 237 Of all necessor thingis pertening to thair nurischment.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. ix. sig. Gg5 Nature, which doth litle need Of forreine helpes to lifes due nourishment . View more context for this quotation
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 173 No dead thing is capable of nourishment.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 237 The milke also of a Goat mixed to a womans milke is best for the nourishment of man, because it is not too fat.
1631 tr. J. Ghesel Rule of Health sig. A7v Neither can the nourishment of the body be duely altered, if the heat of the stomack be wanting.
1708 E. Arwaker Truth in Fiction i. lxvi. 95 'Tis thence (improv'd by good Digestion) sent To ev'ry Member, for its Nourishment.
1757 P. Bacon Insignificants v. v. 76 Chewing the Cud of things, prepares the food For the Mind's better nourishment.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 350 The Paris upon whose nourishment..such immense sums..have [printed has] been expended. View more context for this quotation
a1822 P. B. Shelley Masque of Anarchy (1832) xli. 21 So that ye for them are made Loom, and plough, and sword,..bent To their defence and nourishment.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 293 Internal conditions necessary for the nourishment of shipping and trade.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 404/1 The clover is ploughed up in the autumn, the nitrogen stored up in its roots being left in the soil for its nourishment of the cereal crop.
1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) i. ix. 74 Each particle is surrounded by a thin layer of water in which are dissolved substances useful for the nourishment of plants.
1993 Eastern Synod Lutheran Oct. 1/1 We give thanks for the fruits of the earth—God's gifts to us for the nourishment of our bodies.
2. Something which nourishes or sustains; sustenance, food. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > sustenance or nourishment
foodOE
fosterc1000
fodnethOE
flittinga1225
livenotha1225
nourishingc1300
sustenancec1300
livelihoodc1325
nurture1340
fosteringc1386
livingc1405
nouriturea1425
nutriment?a1425
nutrition?a1425
lifehood1440
reliefa1450
nourishmentc1450
nurshingc1450
sustentationc1450
nutrimentc1485
alimenta1500
sustainmenta1500
bielda1522
creature1540
suck1584
mantiniment1588
fosterment1593
the three M's1938
c1450 St. Erkenwald (BL Add. 35298) in R. Hamer & V. Russell Suppl. Lives ‘Gilte Legende’ (2000) 59 Benet..[had] .ij. dyuers infirmytees, one [that] she was borne with a dry honde, that fro hir yonge aige [neuer] encresid by noryshment but euer bode stylle drye.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxxiv. f. lxxxijv The wombe..oweth to dispense to all the membres norysshement.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCii Takynge refeccyon & nourysshment of her blessed body.
1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 202 It is very likely, that the Towne of Feuersham receiued the chiefe nourishment of her increase from the Religious house.
1641 Marianus sig. A3 Neither can the eye give the body any nourishment fro the outward Ornaments of a Banquet, vnlesse the palate relish the nutritive Delicates.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxiv. 130 Distribution of the Nourishment, to the severall Members of the Common-wealth.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 89 No dressing they require... The Soil it self due Nourishment supplies. View more context for this quotation
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 268 Fat, warm and subtile Nourishments.
1728 E. Young Odes to King xxx At his proud foot The sea..Immortal nourishment supplies.
1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 246 'Tis narrow, selfish, arrogant, and draws Its sordid nourishment from man's applause.
1839 G. Almar Oliver Twist ii. i. 26 Have you given him any nourishment, Bedwin—any slops, eh?
1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal ii. 29 He may see..the bird visiting her young with nourishment.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 415 The Idler and Rambler did..contain more substantial literary nourishment than could be..packed into so portable compass.
1947 K. Patchen See you in Morning 218 The wellsprings of the human heart drained of their last splendid nourishment.
1964 E. Baker Fine Madness i. 8 The hall, as usual, smelled of cooking cabbage; Fireman Fitzgerald's sole nourishment.
1998 D. Chase 46 Long (HBO TV shooting script) 18 in Sopranos 1st Ser. (O.E.D. Archive) What about emotional nourishment? Love? Support?
3. Nutritiveness; a nutritive quality or property. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > nourishing food > nourishing quality
foisonc1430
restorative1528
nourishment1555
alimentariness1727
nutritiousness1727
nutritiveness1727
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. x. f. 49 Wylde frutes whiche they eate, beinge of muche better nooryshement then maste.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 52 The faculties of nourishments attributed vnto Beefe.
4. The treatment of leather with a substance that keeps it soft or pliant. Cf. nourish v. 5d. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > other processes of treating leather
curryc1430
currying1481
fire-curing1844
buffing1856
boarding1870
pebbling1875
skivinga1884
nourishment1897
seasoning1897
samming1909
1897 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) xlii. 596 For the nourishment of fine glacé leather, yolk of eggs is..used.
2001 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 2 Nov. dt8 But adequate nourishment and some common sense from the owner..and that leather will stay intact for years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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