单词 | open-armed |
释义 | open-armedadj. Having the arms open or apart, esp. (of a person) ready to embrace someone; cordial, welcoming (cf. with open arms (occasionally arm) at open adj. 9b). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] freeeOE well-willingOE readyc1175 fainc1275 buxoma1300 prestc1300 liefc1325 rifec1390 willyc1390 baina1400 willinga1400 listyc1440 towardc1440 appliable1449 pronea1450 wilfulc1460 prompt?a1475 content1477 towardly1513 contenteda1525 towards1525 fond1529 comingc1576 unrefusinga1586 open-armed1594 voluntary1598 gainsome1629 easy1653 unreluctant1654 nothing loath1667 applicable1702 irreluctanta1706 unhesitating1753 unloath1861 prone-minded1869 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. I His bases embelisht with open armed handes scattering golde amongst trunchions. 1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 78 Queen Venus leaning downward open arm'd. 1862 T. C. Grattan Beaten Paths II. 309 The two Sicilies only waited open-armed for their deliverer. 1932 Mind 41 330 The Victorian ostracism of persons culpably divorced has given place to the open-armed reception of them. 1999 Woodworker July 32/2 The ends of the seatboard were sawn at 60 degrees to give the splayed, ‘open-armed’ appearance I wanted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1594 |
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