well-breechedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈbriːtʃt/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈbritʃt/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and breeched adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., breeched adj.

Etymology: < well adv. + breeched adj.

Dressed in fine breeches; (hence) prosperous, well-to-do. Cf. breeched adj. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off

wellc1405

sufficient1436

full?1483

suffisant1484

beina1525

warmc1571

well-breeched1571

meaned1605

well-meaned1605

well-lined1611

substanced?1614

well-circumstanced1643

forehanded1658

uppish1678

easy1701

brownstone1780

forehand1784

solid1788

well-to-do1794

snug1801

strong farmer1802

well-fixed1822

unindigent1830

well off1842

fixed1844

comfortably offc1850

heeled1871

well-heeled1871

well in1888

independent1893

1571 Dict. French & Eng. sig. O.ij^v Fessu, well buttocked, well breeched.

1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will sig. B2^v A couple of pratty boyes, if they would wash their faces, and were well breecht an houre or two.

1740 ‘Sophia’ Woman's Superior Excellence over Man 28 Before little master is well breech'd, he is taught to lord it over his sisters.

1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. ii. 178 Jerry is in Tip Street upon this occasion, and the Mollishers are all nutty upon him, putting it about, one to another, that he is a well breeched Swell.

1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) at Breeched To have the bags off, to have plenty of money; ‘to be well breeched’, to be in good circumstances.

1968 P. Scott Day of Scorpion i. ii. 64 Her first husband..died well-breeched.

1985 Times 22 Mar. 23/8 Britoil presents the spectacle of a fairly well-breeched oil group.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	well-breeched
释义	well-breechedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈbriːtʃt/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈbritʃt/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and breeched adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., breeched adj. Etymology: < well adv. + breeched adj. Dressed in fine breeches; (hence) prosperous, well-to-do. Cf. breeched adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off wellc1405 sufficient1436 full?1483 suffisant1484 beina1525 warmc1571 well-breeched1571 meaned1605 well-meaned1605 well-lined1611 substanced?1614 well-circumstanced1643 forehanded1658 uppish1678 easy1701 brownstone1780 forehand1784 solid1788 well-to-do1794 snug1801 strong farmer1802 well-fixed1822 unindigent1830 well off1842 fixed1844 comfortably offc1850 heeled1871 well-heeled1871 well in1888 independent1893 1571 Dict. French & Eng. sig. O.ij^v Fessu, well buttocked, well breeched. 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will sig. B2^v A couple of pratty boyes, if they would wash their faces, and were well breecht an houre or two. 1740 ‘Sophia’ Woman's Superior Excellence over Man 28 Before little master is well breech'd, he is taught to lord it over his sisters. 1821 P. Egan Life in London ii. ii. 178 Jerry is in Tip Street upon this occasion, and the Mollishers are all nutty upon him, putting it about, one to another, that he is a well breeched Swell. 1860 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang (ed. 2) at Breeched To have the bags off, to have plenty of money; ‘to be well breeched’, to be in good circumstances. 1968 P. Scott Day of Scorpion i. ii. 64 Her first husband..died well-breeched. 1985 Times 22 Mar. 23/8 Britoil presents the spectacle of a fairly well-breeched oil group. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1571
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