单词 | unbred |
释义 | unbredadj.ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > future or that is to come towardc888 tocomingOE futurec1374 unborn1598 to-be1609 unbred1609 hereaftera1616 succeeding1676 uprising1727 unarrived1745 will-be1802 unelapsed1805 unforegone1844 upcoming1879 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets civ. sig. G2v For feare of which, heare this thou age vnbred, Ere you were borne was beauties summer dead. View more context for this quotation 2. a. Not properly bred or brought up; not imbued with good manners; unmannerly, ill-bred. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > ill-bred foul-itowenc1225 villain1340 villainous?a1366 lewdc1380 ungentle1398 low-bred1599 ill-bred1622 unbred1622 underbred1650 unjaunty1671 ungenteel1676 half-bred1694 ingenteel1694 cocktail1835 mal élevé1878 hairy at the heel1890 1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 146 Borish unbred upstartts, whoe abound in all pryde and insolenceey. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 34 Seeing much of Truth is contained in our English Proverb, It is as good to be unborn as unbred. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 48 My Nephew's a little unbred, you'll pardon him, Madam. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 492. ⁋2 A little Country Girl..that makes her use of being young and unbred. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 164 Would he not be reckoned more fantastically savage than even his unbred footman! b. Not trained in, not brought up to, some occupation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > not trained untrained1548 untaught1581 unread1596 unprincipled1637 unbred1681 jack-legged1839 1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 68 Dull Northern Brains in these deep Arts unbred, Know nought but to cut Throats. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 433 A Warriour Dame; Unbred to Spinning, in the Loom unskill'd. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 304 With no education,..often unbred to any handicraft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1609 |
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