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单词 blessed
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blessedblestadj.

Brit. /blɛst/, /ˈblɛsᵻd/, U.S. /blɛst/, /ˈblɛsəd/ Brit. /blɛst/, U.S. /blɛst/
Etymology: < bless v.1 + -ed suffix1. For the forms and pronunciation see note under bless v.1
1. Consecrated, hallowed, holy; consecrated by a religious rite or ceremony.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adjective]
hallowedc900
holyc1000
blessedc1200
blissfula1225
seelya1225
yblessed1297
sacred13..
saint1377
devoutc1380
divinec1380
consecratec1386
dedicatec1386
benedighta1400
happyc1405
sillya1450
sacrate?a1475
sanctificatec1485
sacrificed?1504
sacrea1535
religious1549
vowed1585
anointed1595
devote1597
devoted1597
consecrated1599
sacrosanct1601
sanctimonious1604
sanctified1607
dedicated1609
divined1624
sacrosanctious1629
reverend1631
celebrate1632
divinified1633
sacrosanctified1693
sanctimonial1721
sacramental1851
divinized1852
sacral1882
sanct1890
sanctifiable1894
sacramented1914
hierophanic1927
kramat1947
sacralized1979
society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > blessing > [adjective] > blessed
blessedc1200
benedighta1400
priested1603
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 25 Bledsed be þi name on us, sanctificetur nomen tuum.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21677 Þat blisced lambs blod.
1504 in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 295 A fore the blissed rode.
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 95 A proclamacion for the blyssyd sacrament.
1578 Gude & Godlie Ballates (1868) 177 Mariage is ane blessit band.
a1688 G. Stradling Serm. & Disc. (1692) 195 Who receive him worthily in the Blessed Sacrament.
1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. i. 22 I..dipped my finger in the blessed water.
1855 R. Browning Holy-Cross Day Blessedest Thursday's the fat of the week.
2. That is the object of adoring reverence, adorable, worthy to be blessed by men.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > [adjective] > worthy of
blessedc1230
worshipfulc1350
venerable?1504
adorable1601
worshipable1622
c1230 Hali Meid. 47 Ihesu crist leue þe þurh his blescede nome.
a1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 209 Þurh þine eadi flesche and þine iblescede blode.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 131 Crist..in his blessid passioun.
a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 39 In his Godhede so blyschede.
1493 Petronylla (Pynson) 32 Oure blessyd lorde Iesu.
1546 Will in J. T. Fowler Acts Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1875) 361 Our Blissed Ladie Saunte Mary.
1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1662) iii. x. 119 Crying out, ‘Blessed God, what's here to do.’
1862 C. Wordsworth Holy Year 199 In the beatific vision Of the Blessed Trinity.
3.
a. Enjoying supreme felicity; happy, fortunate.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune
eadilyOE
blessedc1175
selec1225
yblessed1297
fortunedc1374
fortunatec1386
happya1393
happenc1400
well-fortunedc1425
lucklyc1450
fortunablec1470
fortunousc1470
well-fortunate1474
richc1478
lucky?1510
comical?1569
well1577
propitious1581
felicious1599
auspicious1616
felicitous1641
bonifate1656
faust1676
weirdly1807
arsey1953
the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [adjective] > made supremely happy
blessedc1175
happyc1405
beatified?1578
imparadiseda1586
paradised1594
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 47 Ædie and blessede beon alle þeo þe ihereð.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16655 Þe baraigne blisced sal man call.
c1400 Ave Regina in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 145 Heyle be tho bleste that euer bare chylde.
c1410 T. Hoccleve Mother of God 24 Among all wommen blessed thow be.
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Dv Blessed bankrout that by loue so thriueth.
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 83 The blessedst of mortall Wights.
1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 57 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 559 Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 12 If you have temperance as well as beauty..then blessed art thou.
b. Enjoying the bliss of heaven, beatified (cf. 5).
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1475 Bk. Noblesse 3 Men..whiche as verray trew martirs and blissid souls have taken theire last ende by werre.
1572 R. Harrison tr. L. Lavater Of Ghostes ii. ii. 102 Cælum Empireum..which they say is the seate ordeined for the blyssed sort.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 38 And there Ile rest, as after much turmoile A blessed soule doth in Elizium.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 136 The blessed Spirits elect. View more context for this quotation
c. absol. The beatified saints; those in paradise.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > collective
All-HallowsOE
blessedc1200
All Saintsa1398
sanctified1620
sainthood1818
saintdom1842
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 173 Cumeð ibledsede and under~foð eche lif.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Qvi It were an vnconuenient thinge that the blessed shoulde not be at libertye to goo whether they wold.
1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe i. 5 T' augment the number of the Bless'd above.
1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xii. 124 The joys which Heaven hath destin'd for the blest.
1863 Ld. Tennyson Wages 8 She desires no isles of the blest, no quiet seats of the just.
4.
a. Bringing, or accompanied by, blessing or happiness; pleasurable, joyful, blissful.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [adjective] > giving or accompanied by supreme happiness
blessed1458
beatifical1610
bliss-making1610
beatific1649
beatizing1652
beatifying1701
bliss-giving1876
1458 MS. Christ's Hosp. Abingdon in Dom. Archit. III. 41 Another blissed besines is brigges to make.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. EEEiiiiv There foloweth the moste blessed effecte.
1660 S. Pepys Diary 23 May (1970) I. 154 The Royall company by themselfs [dined] in the coach, which was a blessed sight to see.
1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. Ep. Ded. The short, but blessed reign of king Edward.
1719 E. Young Busiris iv. 53 I have thought..Thirst and Toil Blest Objects of Ambition.
1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 10 The blessed unconsciousness and ignorance of childhood.
b. Of plants and herbs: Endowed with healing virtues; hence in plant names (= Latin benedictus), as blessed rose n. ? the peony. blessed thistle n. Carduus benedictus; (erroneously) C. Marianus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > peonies
peonyOE
blessed rose1563
king's bloom1598
chesses1657
pyeenock1911
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > blessed thistle
carduusa1398
carduus benedictus1543
blessed thistle1578
holy thistle1587
1563 T. Hill Arte Gardening (1593) 102 The stalk..beareth big and reddish flours, of some named the blessed Rose.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lxx. 532 This Blessed Thistell is sowen in gardens.
1602 J. Beaumont Metamorph. Tabacco sig. E3 The blessed Thistle, and Herbe-grace Had lost their names, and been accounted base.
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xii. 32 The blest infusions that dwels In Vegetiues. View more context for this quotation
1863 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants 24 Blessed thistle..from the milk of the Virgin having fallen upon its leaves, as she nursed the infant Jesus.
c. blessed word adj. (applied to) a long and high-sounding word, erroneously or ironically taken to be of great significance. Cf. Mesopotamia n. 2.
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the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [noun] > other specific types of word
hard word1533
household word1574
magic word1581
grandam words1598
signal word1645
book worda1670
wordie1718
my whole1777
foundling1827–38
keyword1827
Mesopotamia1827
thought-word1844
word-symbol1852
nursery word1853
pivot word1865
rattler1865
object word1876
pillow word1877
nonce-word1884
non-word1893
fossil1901
blessed word1910
bogy-word1919
catch-all1922
pseudo-word1929
false friend1931
plus word1939
descriptor1946
meta-word1952
discourse marker1967
shrub2008
1910 Notes & Queries 9th Ser. I. 458/2 That blessed word Mesopotamia.
1919 G. B. Shaw in Irish Statesman 25 Oct. 427/2 There is at first sight something to be said for the blessed word Devolution.
1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club x. 119 Complexes explain so much, like the blessed word hippopotamus.
5. Euphemistically or ironically used for ‘cursed’ or the like.
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the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation
stinking?c1225
misbegetc1325
banned1340
cursefula1382
wariablea1382
cursedc1386
biccheda1400
maledighta1400
vilea1400
accursedc1400
whoresona1450
remauldit?1473
execrable1490
infamous1490
unbicheda1500
jolly1534
bloodyc1540
mangy?1548
pagan1550
damned1563
misbegotten1571
putid1580
desperate1581
excremental1591
inexecrable?1594
sacred1594
putrid1628
sad1664
blasted1682
plagued1728
damnation1757
infernal1764
damn1775
pesky1775
deuced1782
shocking1798
blessed1806
darned1815
dinged1821
anointed1823
goldarn1830
darn1835
cussed1837
blamed1840
unholy1842
verdomde1850
bleeding1858
ghastly1860
goddam1861
blankety1872
blame1876
bastard1877
God-awful1877
dashed1881
sodding1881
bally1885
ungodly1887
blazing1888
dee1889
motherfucking1890
blistering1900
plurry1900
Christly1910
blinking1914
blethering1915
blighted1915
blighting1916
soddish1922
somethinged1922
effing1929
Jesus1929
dagnab1934
bastarding1944
Christless1947
mother-loving1948
mothering1951
pussyclaat1957
mother-grabbing1959
pigging1970
1526 Bp. J. Clerk Let. 13 Sept. in J. S. Brewer Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1872) (modernized text) IV. 1109 Circa istud benedictum divortium.]
1806 W. Windham Let. in Speeches Parl. (1812) I. 77 As one of the happy consequences of our blessed system of printing debates, I am described to-day..as having talked a language directly the reverse of that which I did talk.
1865 tr. L. Spohr Autobiogr. I. 221 The whole of the members..must attend every blessed evening in the theatre.
6. quasi-adv. Blessedly.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [adverb] > in a blessed manner
blessedfullya1500
blessed1609
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xcii. sig. F4 Whats so blessed faire that feares no blot. View more context for this quotation

Compounds

blessed-making adj.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [adjective] > that makes blessed
blessed-making1657
1657 R. Carpenter Astrol. Proved Harmless 36 The benign and blessed-making Aspect of God.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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