单词 | to come of age |
释义 | > as lemmasto come of age a. of (formerly also †at, †to) age: at the age at which one has an adult's legal rights and obligations (varying from period to period and region to region; in Britain and the United States now usually at 18 or 21 for most purposes). to come of age: to attain adult age and status; (in extended use) to reach full development or maturity. [After Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French d'age adult (12th cent.), having reached the age of majority (1293 or earlier, frequently in estre d'age ; French d'âge ); compare classical Latin suae aetātis and post-classical Latin aetatis esse (from late 12th cent. in British sources). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] mucha1154 of (formerly also at, to) agec1300 perfect agec1384 full-growna1393 ripea1393 greatc1515 adult1531 maturate1556 mellowed1575 mellow1592 full-aged1596 mature1609 timed1611 grown-upa1640 adulted1645 grown1645 upgrown1667 matured1805 coming of age1858 c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 1324 (MED) To kepe þis passage Fram horn, þat is of age. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 2837 (MED) Whan he cam to age, He resigned hool his herytage. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 690 (MED) Of iustyng canste thou ryght noght, For thou art not of age. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 243 Every Burgess at age..hath power to trade, and bear office, in the City. 1682 in Notes & Queries (1921) 163 436/2 He has left my neighbour Shatterdon's eldest son 6 thousand a year att least to be managed tell he comes att age by trustees for him. 1709 C. Cibber Rival Fools i. 1 Sir, I'm no Boy, I have been at Age this Half-year. 1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata xi. 172 His Cousin Alan..assisted the young Prince, when he came to Age, with a powerful Army to recover his father's..Royal Sceptre. 1775 S. Johnson Let. 15 July (1992) II. 248 To hinder my dear Harry from mischief when he comes of age. 1816 J. Dunkin Hist. Bicester v. 25 The heir came of age, and was admitted to the possession of the estate. 1833 Philol. Museum 2 221 Every people in an early stage of civilization, before the nation comes of age. 1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes i. 12 On Henry's birth Everard laid down twelve dozen of port against his coming of age. 1927 H. H. Hemming & D. Hemming tr. A. Siegfried (title) America comes of age. 1992 Chem. in Brit. 28 326 Goddard and others have proclaimed that quantum chemistry came of age in 1970. 2009 A. M. Brown-Comment Dawn of Promise 99 My parents..will put up some resistance to my plans, but I am now of age and hope they will understand. < as lemmas |
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