单词 | uberous |
释义 | uberousadj. Now rare. 1. a. Supplying milk or nourishment in abundance. Said (a) of animals, etc., or (b) of the breasts.In this sense probably associated with Latin ūber udder. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [adjective] > giving milk uberous1624 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > secreting spec. > [adjective] > secreting milk milchc1300 uberous1624 lactiferous1692 lactescent1796 lactational1903 (a) (b)1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 17 The women giue their Infants sucke as they hang at their backes, the vberous dugge stretched ouer her shoulder.1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. xii. 49 The ub'rous breasts, when fairely drawn, repast The thriving Infant with their milkie flood.1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 178 Each feminine delight of florid lip,..Marmoreal neck and bosom uberous.1624 F. Quarles Sions Elegies iv. vii Milke, from the vberous Cow, Was ne're so pure in substance. 1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies i. xxxvii How do our Pastures flourish, and refresh Our uberous Kine, so fair, so full of flesh! 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E4 My Lord..drew in too fast like a Child sucking on an over uberous Nurse. a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) i Our uberous ewes were evermore supplyed With twins, attending upon either side. b. Rich in fertilizing moisture. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective] bearinglOE fruitfula1300 plenteousc1325 fructuousa1382 birthful?c1475 fertile1481 broodya1522 yielding1556 foisonous1570 procreant1588 generative1597 yieldy1598 childing1600 seedful1605 thankful1610 foisonable1613 prolifical1615 fecundous1630 feracious1637 prolific1653 fetiferous1654 floriferous1656 productive1672 fœtant1678 spawning1682 uberousa1706 populous?1789 productible1830 grateful1832 resultful1833 genetic1838 tumid1840 polyphorous1858 generant1875 proliferent1920 a1706 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) ii. viii. 426 This [water from ponds] approaches nearest to that of rain dropping from the uberous cloud, and is certainly the most natural and nursing. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > [adjective] goodOE bearinglOE freshc1325 fat1393 plentive?a1400 fertilec1460 richa1522 fructual1528 batwell1534 battle?1542 battling1548 increaseful1594 uberousa1627 exuberanta1660 generous1661 productive1672 innerly1868 oasal1888 oasitic1896 a1627 T. Middleton Mayor of Quinborough (1661) ii. i. 25 About the fruitful flanks of uberous Kent. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 20 Cotten they [sc. the Malagasy] haue store of, but most vberous in Fruits. 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 26 She [Padua] is situated in a most delightfull and uberous plain. 3. Abundant, copious, full. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] goodeOE broadOE fullOE large?c1225 rifec1225 fulsomea1325 abundanta1382 plenteousa1382 copiousc1384 plentifula1400 ranka1400 aboundc1425 affluentc1425 aboundable?1440 seedy1440 manyfulc1450 ample1472 olda1500 richa1500 flowing1526 fertilent1535 wallingc1540 copy1546 abounding1560 fat1563 numbrous1566 good, great store1569 round1592 redundant1594 fruitful1604 cornucopian1609 much1609 plenty?a1610 pukka1619 redundant1621 uberant1622 swelling1628 uberous1633 numerousa1635 superfluent1648 full tide1649 lucky1649 redounding1667 numerose1692 bumper1836 prolific1890 proliferous1915 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 18) 1609 If the young and tender grace of thankfulnesse, do not fall into the hands of uberous and fruitfull obedience, it will languish and pine away. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. May 242/2 Her uberous store, To these, parturient Earth unmidwif'd yields. 1839 New Monthly Mag. 57 408 Addressing himself to a lady of most uberous presence. Derivatives ˈuberousness n. plentifulness, fertileness. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1624 |
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