well-descendedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛldᵻˈsɛndᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛldəˈsɛndəd/,

/ˌwɛldiˈsɛndəd/

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

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

Etymology: < well adv. + descended adj.

Now archaic and rare.

Of good lineage; (also occasionally of an animal) of good stock.

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

1591 A. Colynet True Hist. Ciuill Warres France v. 301 The Duke of Sauoy on the other side, thought himselfe so well descended in blood, that he..thought it very conuenient for himselfe to enlarge his dominions.

1595 G. Markham Gentlemans Acad. f. 83^v But if hee be a man well descended..then may he beare his fathers coate in such a chiefe, and his mothers in the lower part of the shielde.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 304 Stay, Sir King. This man is better then the man he slew, As well descended as thy selfe.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) i. 3 A well-descended Gentleman.

1650 R. Heath Clarastella 13 But she is high and wel-discended; true; My birth stiles me as freeborn too.

1732 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 672/2 Pleas'd oft she'd tell his well-descended Race, Smooth his fine Neck, his Main in Ringlets trace.

1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 269 A rich and well-descended country gentleman.

1879 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Austral. Grazier's Guide (1994) I. ii. 27 How shall we divine the delicate shades which subsist between good, kindly, well-descended stock, ‘brought well’, and wild ‘scrubbers’,..impossible to sell?

1911 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 15 Apr. 1136/1 A well-descended and highly endowed youth, who studied in Parisian, German and Dutch universities.

2002 N. Cohen Reconstruction of Amer. Liberalism 1865–1914 102 Mary Hone Ogden, the daughter of a well-descended and wealthy New York businessman.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-descended
释义	well-descendedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛldᵻˈsɛndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛldəˈsɛndəd/, /ˌwɛldiˈsɛndəd/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and descended adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., descended adj. Etymology: < well adv. + descended adj. Now archaic and rare. Of good lineage; (also occasionally of an animal) of good stock. 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 1591 A. Colynet True Hist. Ciuill Warres France v. 301 The Duke of Sauoy on the other side, thought himselfe so well descended in blood, that he..thought it very conuenient for himselfe to enlarge his dominions. 1595 G. Markham Gentlemans Acad. f. 83^v But if hee be a man well descended..then may he beare his fathers coate in such a chiefe, and his mothers in the lower part of the shielde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 304 Stay, Sir King. This man is better then the man he slew, As well descended as thy selfe. View more context for this quotation 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) i. 3 A well-descended Gentleman. 1650 R. Heath Clarastella 13 But she is high and wel-discended; true; My birth stiles me as freeborn too. 1732 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 672/2 Pleas'd oft she'd tell his well-descended Race, Smooth his fine Neck, his Main in Ringlets trace. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 269 A rich and well-descended country gentleman. 1879 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Austral. Grazier's Guide (1994) I. ii. 27 How shall we divine the delicate shades which subsist between good, kindly, well-descended stock, ‘brought well’, and wild ‘scrubbers’,..impossible to sell? 1911 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 15 Apr. 1136/1 A well-descended and highly endowed youth, who studied in Parisian, German and Dutch universities. 2002 N. Cohen Reconstruction of Amer. Liberalism 1865–1914 102 Mary Hone Ogden, the daughter of a well-descended and wealthy New York businessman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1591
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