单词 | vegetous |
释义 | † vegetousadj. Obsolete. Endowed with or characterized by life and growth; vegetative; vegete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > thriving well-likingc1350 well-thrivena1400 in seasonc1400 flowerya1420 thriftyc1440 valent1492 wealthya1538 vegetous1610 vegete1639 thriving1647 florid1656 grush1786 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > strong, vigorous, or plump strongOE thriftyc1440 well-brawneda1450 valiant1542 pubble1566 stout1573 corroborate1581 bunting1584 lusty1600 plump1600 vegetous1610 blought1611 boisterous1622 stocky1622 robust1627 steera1642 vegete1655 jollya1661 vigorous1706 well-to-do1852 1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories xxx. 176 You said, that metall was the vegetous soule of Armes: Haue Armes any other soule then vegetatiue? 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne ii. ii, in Wks. I. 541 If shee be faire, yong, and vegetous . View more context for this quotation a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 422 A vegetous faith is able to say unto a mountain, Be removed into the sea. 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iv. 276 The Seeds of those Vegetables which God Originally Created were fresh and vegetous. 1876 Grevillea 4 150 Immediately the thallus externally..is moistened it promptly imbibes water, and at once becomes vegetous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1610 |
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