单词 | nurtured |
释义 | nurturedadj. That is or has been nurtured (in various senses of the verb). Chiefly as the second element in compounds, as evil-nurtured, ill-nurtured, etc.For more established compounds see the first element.In quot. c1475: spec. well brought up, well-mannered. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [adjective] > brought up nurturedc1450 upbrought?c1470 well-nourituredc1500 forth-grown1532 uptrained1569 upbred1577 nuzzled1593 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 3177 A ix score of new geere of nurtrid [a1500 Trin. Dub. norturryd] maydens. c1453 (c1437) Brut (Harl. 53) 564 (MED) He was countet and hold þe best-nurturet man of Englond. c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 5 Better in noo degre Mihte yee desire thanne nurtred forto be. c1555 Manifest Detection Diceplay sig. Cvv This new nurtured nouis..is become so good a scoller that he knoweth redily his flats and barris. 1580 A. Saker Narbonus ii. 267 If vnlearned, then the Sonne of a Clowne, base borne, and worse taught, yll mannered, and worse nurtured, hee cannot say K. to a Goose, or make any resolute answere. 1599 George a Greene sig. F3v Nay, good my Liege, ill nurturd we were then. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. xxii. 3 An euill nurtured sonne is the dishonour of his father. View more context for this quotation 1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good sig. C4v How dar'st thou mock vs thou ill nurtur'd slaue? 1661 Princess Cloria iv. 392 With what reluctancy did I beat this harsh unsatisfying reply from that rude and ill nurtur'd General? 1796 H. More Search after Happiness 47 Of sense, resulting from a nurtur'd mind, Of polish'd converse, and of taste refin'd. 1809 M. Holford Wallace iii. v. 79 There many a gently nurtur'd heir Trembled in Scotland's hostile air. 1854 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps 60 Revealing the..hell of ferocity in their blood-nurtured natures. 1887 Murray's Mag. 1 558 His India-nurtured blood felt comforted by the warmth. 1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey iv Upon first sight of this palace of the heaven-nurtured king the visitors paused in amaze. 1967 Guardian 25 July 6/6 Beat-reared, Greenwich-nurtured teenagers are running away..to be flower people. 1990 J. Harjo In Mad Love & War 44 In this university town of winners, the wind is a blur through the dandelions and nurtured grass on the lawn outside my office. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1450 |
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