nursedadj.
/nəːst/, U.S. /nərst/ That is or has been nursed (in various senses of the verb). Also: that involves the use of nurses.
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1607 J. Marston What you Will i. i O ill nurs'd custome no soner is the wealthy Marchant dead..But giddie rumor graspes it twixt his teeth.
1614 A. I. in A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia To Transl. sig. A5v So Lucans Spaine-borne, Rome-bred, Muse-nurc't wit, Lay hid in lines obscure to most of vs.
a1678 A. Marvell Upon Appleton House in Misc. Poems (1681) 88 Conscience, that Heaven-nursed Plant, Which most our Earthly Gardens want.
1793 J. Byng Diary 9 July in C. B. Andrews Torrington Diaries (1936) III. 190 I would have taken..my little Jocke..with me; but I fer'd to have a nurs'd child.
1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 69 The central or nursed buss has very little chance, unless it happens to be a favourite with the public.
1876 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Tom Sawyer xxi. 171 A prevalent feature in these compositions was a nursed and petted melancholy.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 667 In carefully nursed children it is generally observed in the first two months.
1990 K. Frank Chainless Soul: Life E. Brontë vi. 122 Sharp's carefully nursed wrath at the Walkers was not yet appeased.
1996 Independent 21 Feb. 17/8 £11m is specific grant to local authorities—which will go to mental-illness services, but not to 24-hour nursed care.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1607- for the meanwhile
- for the moment
- for the money
- for the more part
- for the more party
- for the more sureness
- for the most
- for the most advice
- for the most deal
- for the most part
- for the most party
- for the new
- for the nonce
- for the nth time
- for the pashe of christ
- for the pashe of god
- for the pot
- for the present
- for the purpose
- for the rate upon
- for the record
- for the regard of
- for the residue
- for the respect of
- for the rest