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nourituren.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French noreture, norreture. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman noreture, noriture, norriture, nuriture, nourreture, etc., and Middle French norreture, nourreture, etc. (French nourriture ) upbringing (12th cent. in Old French as nureture ), nourishment, food (late 14th cent.), nourishing quality (late 14th cent.) < post-classical Latin nutritura nutriture n., with first element altered after Anglo-Norman and Old French norir , norrir , nourrir , etc. (see nourish v.). Compare earlier nurture n., and also nourishment n. Now poetic and rare. the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > sustenance or nourishment α. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer (1987) iv. 768 How sholde a plaunte or lyves creature Lyve withouten his kynde noriture [v.r. noretur]? 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine 364 b/1 She sawe wel that she myght not haue..the noreture of holy scrypture. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in i. f. cccxxvi Howe shulde the grounde without kyndly noriture bringen forthe any frutes? 1565 J. Calfhill f. 28v In the firste proposition,..the necessitie of Sacramentes, and of noriture, to be compared together. β. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine 423 b/1 They took theyr refeccion or food of nouriture dyuyne.1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin ii. f. 73 To cal it a certain nouriture, that allureth..to sinne.1573 G. Gasscoigne 276 The curteous Dame became his keruer, & hee with a bold spirite gan tast of hir cookery..and..by little & little receyued some nouryture.1581 J. Marbeck 1062 The whole and perfect spiritual nouritour, which we haue by the..bloud of Jesus Christ.1607 J. Norden v. 189 So will the weedes..beginne to wither, as they are depriued of their nouriture.1655 Ld. Orrery II. i. vii. 322 Water of so excellent a quality, that 'its nouriture was Iron.1691 J. Evelyn (ed. 8) 152 The Consumption of that inspiriting balsamick Nouriture, by reason of dry Heat.1713 26 Sept. 2/1 I put nothing into it but what is clean and wholsome Nouriture.1743 H. Walpole (1903) I. 372 I have contracted a most religious veneration for your spiritual nouriture.1845 T. Cooper ii. v. 52 Thou fedd'st the mind and heart with Virtue's nouriture.1963 H. Carruth (1970) 61 Lichen is a hardy plant..taking sustenance from the granite ledge nouriture from the dead elm bole.γ. 1494 Loutfut MS f. 28v, in at Nuritur(e Bot quhen he tuk his nourretour [v.r. nourritour] & boissone [etc.].1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo (1586) iii. f. 143 If wee should make mention of this first Nourriture [Fr. nourriture] [etc.].1645 J. Howell i. xxiv. 47 I think if you saw me, you would hardly know me, such nourriture this deep Sanguin Alicant Grap gives.1737 I. 198 The gold, no doubt,..may be exchanged for convenient Necessaries, and a comfortable Nourriture.1800 F. Burney (1973) IV. 415 All sort of nourriture or cloathing, seem to rise [in price]..without any adequate cause.1832 B. Egerton vii. 210 The gift of genius may be rare, but oftenest It in the bud is blighted..Thro' sorrow, or mischance, or want of nourriture Of the seeds sow'd by nature.1848 D. Borrer vi. 92 Receiving their nourriture from the hand of the Most High.1994 R. Pybus Morpho in 23 How else can nature tell you anything if you don't put a fix on it about breeding, territory, and nourriture?δ. 1548 E. Gest sig. Aivv The verye ghostely nurryture and foode bothe of our bodyes and soules.1581 R. Mulcaster vi. 48 For inward bestowing of nurriture, and maintenaunce of life.1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. in T. G. Law (1901) 134 Defraudit of the vord of lyf and treu fude and nuriture of thair saulis.1632 W. Lithgow iv. 165 The Turkes..consume the wealth of the people they ouercome, leauing them destitute of nuriture.society > education > upbringing > [noun] c1450 C. d'Orleans (1941) 86 (MED) Hit am y..that writyng brought..Vnto childhode, as from dame nature, Dischargyng hir of thee the noriture, And vnto youthe to rewle bitook y thee. ?c1450 tr. (1906) 111 (MED) For the noriture and seruice that this lady had ydo vnto Moyses, she was right well rewarded. c1460 (?c1400) 841 A wyff, like to his parage; ffor, noriture & connyng, bewte & parentyne. 1485 (Caxton) (table of contents) sig. iiijv Of the byrthe of kyng arthur and of his nouryture. 1527 Inventory Goods Henry Fitzroy 44 in (1855) III By example of good education, as well in noryture as good lernyng. 1566 W. Painter I. xliv. f. 205 Truly the vertue, gentlenesse, and good nuriture of Alerane, doe not promise suche treason in him. 1590 E. Spenser i. ix. sig. H5v He had charge my discipline to frame, And Tutors nouriture to ouersee. 1647 N. Bacon 208 The child of a King, that by good nouriture might prove a wise and just King. 1875 H. Ellison 233 My Muse, Is no fine lady, with a look demure, With nice regards and dainty nouriture. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau f. 48v Both the Greek & Latin Phisitions do most commonly in all their treatises preferre the nouritures [Fr. aliments] & soueraine goodnesse of fishe afore flesh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425 |