prowessedadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpraʊᵻst/,

/ˈpraʊɛst/,

/praʊˈɛst/, U.S.

/ˈpraʊ(w)əst/

Forms: see prowess n. and -ed suffix²; also 1700s prowes'd.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prowess n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: < prowess n. + -ed suffix², perhaps arising through misinterpretation of prowest , superlative of prow adj. (compare discussion at that entry).The following shows an editorial reading for prowest in Milton (see quot. 1671 at prow adj. for the original reading):1941 H. F. Fletcher Milton's Compl. Poet. Wks. 420 The fairest of her sex Angelica His daughter, sought by many prowessed knights.

archaic and poetic. Now rare.

Possessing or endowed with prowess; valiant, brave, skilful. Also occasionally as n., with the and plural agreement: people showing prowess as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [adjective] > full of prowess

doughtyOE

oughtsOE

doughtc1330

prew1340

prowessful1605

prowessed1717

preux1907

1717 E. Fenton tr. Homer Odyssey xi, in Poems 111 Feminine Deceit, To them more fatal than the prowes'd Foe.

1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. 139 Our freedom to thy prowess'd arm we owe.

a1802 T. Dermody Battle of Bards ii, in Harp of Erin (1807) II. 23 For ne'er did tilt of prowess'd Charlemagne, Or craz'd Orlando, claim a nobler strain.

1848 Amer. Whig Rev. Dec. 588/1 They cannot be..preserved, but by the prowessed, the patriotic, and the brave.

1998 Re: ‘New Muzzle’ Smashing Daisies/Book Preview in rec.pets.dogs.behavior (Usenet newsgroup) 22 May Many wistful wives across the country are stuck with boring losers who aren't as excited and brilliant and talented and athletic and prowessed as I am.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prowessed
释义	prowessedadj.n. Brit. /ˈpraʊᵻst/, /ˈpraʊɛst/, /praʊˈɛst/, U.S. /ˈpraʊ(w)əst/ Forms: see prowess n. and -ed suffix²; also 1700s prowes'd. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prowess n., -ed suffix². Etymology: < prowess n. + -ed suffix², perhaps arising through misinterpretation of prowest , superlative of prow adj. (compare discussion at that entry).The following shows an editorial reading for prowest in Milton (see quot. 1671 at prow adj. for the original reading):1941 H. F. Fletcher Milton's Compl. Poet. Wks. 420 The fairest of her sex Angelica His daughter, sought by many prowessed knights. archaic and poetic. Now rare. Possessing or endowed with prowess; valiant, brave, skilful. Also occasionally as n., with the and plural agreement: people showing prowess as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [adjective] > full of prowess doughtyOE oughtsOE doughtc1330 prew1340 prowessful1605 prowessed1717 preux1907 1717 E. Fenton tr. Homer Odyssey xi, in Poems 111 Feminine Deceit, To them more fatal than the prowes'd Foe. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. 139 Our freedom to thy prowess'd arm we owe. a1802 T. Dermody Battle of Bards ii, in Harp of Erin (1807) II. 23 For ne'er did tilt of prowess'd Charlemagne, Or craz'd Orlando, claim a nobler strain. 1848 Amer. Whig Rev. Dec. 588/1 They cannot be..preserved, but by the prowessed, the patriotic, and the brave. 1998 Re: ‘New Muzzle’ Smashing Daisies/Book Preview in rec.pets.dogs.behavior (Usenet newsgroup) 22 May Many wistful wives across the country are stuck with boring losers who aren't as excited and brilliant and talented and athletic and prowessed as I am. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1717
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