单词 | blessed |
释义 | blessedblestadj. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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