tonsuredadj.

Etymology: < tonsure v. + -ed suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtonsured.

a. That has received tonsure; hence, in orders.

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society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > tonsure > [adjective] > tonsured

crowneda1500

shaveling1574

tonsured1706

1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iii. xxii. 395 By which, Tonsured Clerks..are exempt from Lay-Jurisdiction.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. ii. 62 The immunity of all tonsured persons from civil punishment for crimes.

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma xi. 355 The cowled and tonsured Middle Age.

b. figurative. Bald or partially bald.

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the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [adjective] > having no

calloweOE

baldc1386

as bald (bare, black) as a coot1430

forehead-bald1530

pilled-pated1542

bald-pate1578

bald-headed1580

bald-pated1606

bald-head1820

baldish1833

tonsured1855

pollard1856

thin on top1869

slap-headed1994

1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 111 Bowing o'er the brook A tonsured head in middle age forlorn.

2. Clipped, as a yew or box. rare.

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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [adjective] > trained > clipped

husbandly1550

tonsured1838

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. i. vii. 97 Walpole overturned this ancient fondness for pleached walks and tonsured trees.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	tonsured
释义	tonsuredadj. Etymology: < tonsure v. + -ed suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtonsured. 1. a. That has received tonsure; hence, in orders. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > tonsure > [adjective] > tonsured crowneda1500 shaveling1574 tonsured1706 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iii. xxii. 395 By which, Tonsured Clerks..are exempt from Lay-Jurisdiction. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. ii. 62 The immunity of all tonsured persons from civil punishment for crimes. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma xi. 355 The cowled and tonsured Middle Age. b. figurative. Bald or partially bald. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [adjective] > having no calloweOE baldc1386 as bald (bare, black) as a coot1430 forehead-bald1530 pilled-pated1542 bald-pate1578 bald-headed1580 bald-pated1606 bald-head1820 baldish1833 tonsured1855 pollard1856 thin on top1869 slap-headed1994 1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 111 Bowing o'er the brook A tonsured head in middle age forlorn. 2. Clipped, as a yew or box. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [adjective] > trained > clipped husbandly1550 tonsured1838 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. i. vii. 97 Walpole overturned this ancient fondness for pleached walks and tonsured trees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1706
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