单词 | well-derived |
释义 | well-derivedadj. archaic and rare after 17th cent. Of good lineage. Cf. well-descended adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [adjective] > of descent or breeding ykynde1420 generous1574 well-bred1585 well-descended1591 well nutrimenteda1592 high-descended1600 well-derived1600 high-bred1613 highly bred1625 high-blooded1632 of (good, noble, etc.) familya1639 pedigree1861 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 99 I am my Lord, as well deriu'd as hee, As well possest. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. ii. 90 My sonne corrupts a well deriued nature With his inducement. View more context for this quotation 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 63 The Marquesse..did account that Earls daughter, who was (though well derived) but yesterday Sir William Fielding, impar congressus, and no fit match. 1769 W. Dodd tr. J. B. Massillon Serm. ix. 169 As soon as its [sc. Jealousy's] poison hath gained the heart, we find earth-born souls there, where nature had at first placed souls great and well-derived. 1893 Archeol. Jrnl. 50 109 The Dundases are a well-derived, well-honoured, and, as the Scots say, a weel-kenned family. 1999 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Sept. 13/4 His rich and well-derived mother bought her architectural son his estate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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