well-doingn.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈduːɪŋ/,

/ˈwɛlduːɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈduɪŋ/,

/ˈwɛlˌduɪŋ/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and doing n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., doing n.

Etymology: < well adv. + doing n. Compare early modern German wolthuung action or fact of doing good deeds (15th cent., e.g. in Hebrews 13:16, the passage translated in quot. c1384 at sense 1a). Compare earlier well-doing adj.Compare Old English weldōnnes well-doing, kindness (apparently < well adv. + done , past participle of do v. + -ness suffix).

a. The action or fact of conducting oneself well; good, proper, or virtuous conduct; (also) the action or fact of doing good deeds; beneficence. Cf. evil-doing n.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing

do-well1362

well-doingc1384

well working1542

rightdoing1556

eupraxy1675

orthopraxy1852

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. xiii. 16 Nyle ȝe forȝete of wel doynge, or ȝyuynge [L. beneficientiae], and of comunyng; forsoth by suche oostis God is disseruyd.

?a1400 in Paraphr. Seven Penitential Psalms (1842) 62 Slownes is a cursid thing: For it is evere weri of weel doyng.

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 3 Ladies..that..were..honoured..for her weldoinge and goodnes.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Thess. iii. 13 Brethren be not weary in well doynge.

1574 E. Hake Touchestone for Time Present sig. E^v Of sinne commeth death: Of wel doing commeth life.

1609 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 461/2 To the end that..be gratificatioun of his weill affectionat subiectis they micht continew thair ardoir and affectioun in weill doing.

1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xv. 128 He suffered for well doing, and we for ill.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 55 We are so made, that Well-doing as such gives us Satisfaction.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. i. 9 Laugh at your ain toom pouches—it will be lang or your weel-doing fill them.

1883 R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles Antigone 703 Welldoing and fair fame of sire to son, Of son to sire, is noblest ornament.

1944 Z. N. Hurston Let. 8 Sept. in Life in Lett. (2002) 503 Let us take the responsibility for our share of ill-living as well as the praise for well-doing.

2002 A. Clarke Polished Hoe (2003) i. 9 It is more better for a man to suffer for his well-doing, than for his evil-doing.

†b. Admirable conduct in battle; valour; military prowess. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > [noun] > warlike excellence

worshipOE

chivalry1297

vassalage1303

bountyc1330

valuea1393

well-doingc1475

war-proofa1616

nine-worthiness1663

c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 32 Rewardis..in londis and goodis to every man for theire welle doing that day.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. l. 361 The douglas so weill him bare, That all the men that with hym ware Had confort of his weill-doing.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxvii. 550 But the cristin ne myght but litill space endure, ne hadde be the well doinge of the v knyghtes of the reame of logres.

a1525 G. Myll Spectakle of Luf in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 273 Thi manheid and weilldoing in armes.

c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. l. 4150 Men worship byis oft dere..For-thy suld na man for na thing Say vther than gude for weill doing.

1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xv. 201 Those [Politicks] of Vienna had as bad an issue here, as they had in Poland, when they counselled war, with a very fine shew of well doing, in the year, 1635.

c. In plural. Good deeds; virtuous actions.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > the doing of good deeds > good deeds

righteousnesseOE

rightfulnessc1350

well-doings1538

merit works1635

1538 Bible (Coverdale) Ep. Ded. sig. ✠ii Do not y^e enemies of gods word ceasse yet..to seke out new occasions, how they may depraue & synistrally interprete our wel doynges.

1571 H. Latimer Serm. 1st Sunday Epiph. in Frutefull Serm. ii. f. 186^v Seing we shall haue no rewarde for our well doynges.

1647 W. Rose Balaams Better Wish 35 Thinke on the death of the righteous... Whose death is..the day when he receives a gracious reward of his well doings.

1729 W. Law Serious Call xviii. 341 God is as well pleas'd with their well doings, as with yours.

1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne II. ii. iv. 18 His ill doings or well doings cannot affect us for the short period he is likely to remain.

1902 G. M. Adam in J. Lord Bracon Lights of Hist. XIV. 108 In such benevolences and well-doings, and in this life of renunciation and self-sacrifice, Ruskin spent himself.

1982 D. Heyd Supererogation vi. 128 In the same way as there are non-obligatory well-doings, so must there be ‘permissive ill-doings’.

2. The fact or condition of doing well or thriving; welfare, good health; prosperity, success. Cf. well-being n., well-doing adj. 2. Now archaic and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun]

selthc888

healc950

wealOE

goder-heala1225

prosperity?c1225

wealtha1300

statec1300

healtha1325

welfare1357

theedom1362

wealfulnessc1374

bonchiefa1387

felicity1393

boota1400

wella1400

wealsc1400

well-doingc1440

prosperancea1460

happiness?1473

quartfulness1483

brightnessa1500

goodnessa1500

sonsea1500

thriftiness?1529

prosperation1543

well-being1561

prosperousness1600

fair world1641

thrivingness1818

goldenness1829

palminess1875

c1440 (a1401) Life Bridlington in Neuphilol. Mitteilungen (1970) 71 140 (MED) He þat takes a gude purpose, Of weledoyng he may not lose.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxlvi In hope of wel doyng, and of gettyng agayne the double of thy lesyng.

1557 Queen Mary I in M. A. E. Wood Lett. Royal Ladies (1846) III. 313 The lady Latimer, who, of a natural and motherly affection, doth tender the well-doing of her said daughter [etc.].

1573 Manutius' Phrases Lat. 254 Your welfare and weldoing reioyceth me as muche, as mine owne.

1625 Ld. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 262 We are glad to hear of your well doing.

1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry II. 415 For..the increase and well-doing of the plants.

1800 W. Wordsworth Michael 432 A good report did from their Kinsman come, Of Luke and his well-doing.

1854 Poultry Chron. 2 338 Houses..for fatting wild fowl,..whose well-doing was so considered, that [etc.].

1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island ix. 93 ‘Our ten [children] have done well.’.. ‘They certainly..seem to have had a fairly large allowance of descendants apiece, if that is well-doing.’

2012 J. Moss Aristotle on Apparent Good ii. iv. 88 Whether or not Aristotle has an account of how things like insults or undeserved well-doing are perceptible, he clearly thinks that they are.

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

well-doingadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈduːɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈduɪŋ/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and do v.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., English doing , do v.

Etymology: < well adv. + doing, present participle of do v. Compare Middle High German woltuende that behaves in a righteous manner (German wohltuend now only in senses ‘pleasant, agreeable’ and ‘soothing’).In some instances in Old English (as also in apparent compounds of wel well adv. with other forms of dōn do v.) perhaps reflecting a compound verb, especially when translating classical Latin benefacere (see benefit n.), itself often written as two separate words (i.e. bene facere ). Compare Old English (rare) weldōn to satisfy, please, translating classical Latin satisfacere satisfy v. Compare also Old English weldōnd benefactor (apparently < well adv. + do v. + -end suffix¹).

1. That behaves in an admirable or righteous manner; †valiant (obsolete); beneficent; diligent in performance of work or duty; virtuous, respectable. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [adjective]

well-doingeOE

orpedOE

eglechea1250

hendc1275

i-wihtc1275

valiantc1330

sadc1384

wighty14..

bounteousa1440

valorous1477

warlike1488

valorous1490

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adjective] > acting rightly or that does good

well-workinglOE

well-doing1609

eupractic1833

orthoprax1852

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xvii. 107 (heading) Hu se reccere sceal bion ðæm weldondum monnum [L. bene agentibus] for eaðmodnesse gefera.

OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xxxix. 2 Se man wæs weldonde on eallum þingum.

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 4773 Four score..Hardi and wele doinde kniȝtes.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Pet. iii. 6 As Sare..of whom ȝe ben douȝtres wel doynge [L. benefacientes].

c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 141 Alle þat in þis lif ȝeuen hemself to be wel wilninge, wel doynge, studinge hou þei myȝten alle here graces and goodnesses þat þei hadden receyued, [etc.].

c1480 Medulla Gram. (Pepys) f. 29^v Beneficus, wele doyng.

1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K3 And controuersie hence a question takes, Whether the horse by him became his deed, Or he his mannad'g, [= managed] by'th wel doing Steed.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. i. 331 That his Master may find him doing, yea welldoing.

1700 P. Danet Compl. Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Euergetes At the birth of Osiris a voice was heard, says Plutarch, proclaiming that the great and well-doing King Osiris was born.

1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 188 I am safe, not for my own deserts, but those Of a well-doing sire, who hath been found Righteous enough to save his children.

a1886 D. Grant Sc. Stories (1888) 76 Sic an honest, weel-daen woman as I kent my wife to be!

1914 C. Bulwer-Lytton Prisons & Prisoners ix. 192 A well-meaning, and according to his powers a well-doing man.

1992 A. Carnegie in D. F. Burlingame Responsibilities of Wealth 14 The well-doing and industrious poor.

2. Scottish and Irish English (northern). Prosperous, successful; thriving. Cf. well-to-do adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective]

i-selic888

wealyc893

blaed-fastOE

i-sundfulc1000

full-thrivenc1175

well-donea1200

wealfulc1230

i-selec1275

neotsumc1275

prosperc1350

wealsomea1382

well begonea1393

prosperable?c1422

thriftyc1440

prosperousc1450

quartful?c1475

wealthyc1480

wella1500

prospering1587

felicious1599

thriving1607

felicitous1641

prospered1651

well-faring1712

well-doing1800

made-up1956

1800 Anti-Jacobin Rev. & Mag. Mar. 123 ‘Above me,’ said Tom Chink, ‘I don't see as how a green-grocer's daughter is above a well-doing tin-man.’

1834 J. Galt Stories of Study III. 44 Lions is surely a very well-doing town, but it is not just such a thriving place as Glasgow.

1897 ‘L. Keith’ My Bonnie Lady vii. 67 ‘Do you know nothing of her folk?’ ‘Nothing, forby that they are well-doing in the world.’

1928 J. Buchan Montrose 237 The plenishing of many a well-doing citizen.

1944 M. Scott in T. Deeson et al. Stones that ground Corn (2002) 15 The 3,000 or so inhabitants of Omagh, most of them warm and well-doing in their neatly thatched houses.

1987 A. Blair Sc. Tales (1990) 97 An orphan, reared in the well-doing home of James and his wife.

2004 in Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. (Electronic text) at Weel-daein [Edinburgh] She mairriet a weel-daein laddie fae Perth.

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

单词	well-doing
释义	well-doingn. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈduːɪŋ/, /ˈwɛlduːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈduɪŋ/, /ˈwɛlˌduɪŋ/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and doing n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., doing n. Etymology: < well adv. + doing n. Compare early modern German wolthuung action or fact of doing good deeds (15th cent., e.g. in Hebrews 13:16, the passage translated in quot. c1384 at sense 1a). Compare earlier well-doing adj.Compare Old English weldōnnes well-doing, kindness (apparently < well adv. + done , past participle of do v. + -ness suffix). 1. a. The action or fact of conducting oneself well; good, proper, or virtuous conduct; (also) the action or fact of doing good deeds; beneficence. Cf. evil-doing n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing do-well1362 well-doingc1384 well working1542 rightdoing1556 eupraxy1675 orthopraxy1852 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Heb. xiii. 16 Nyle ȝe forȝete of wel doynge, or ȝyuynge [L. beneficientiae], and of comunyng; forsoth by suche oostis God is disseruyd. ?a1400 in Paraphr. Seven Penitential Psalms (1842) 62 Slownes is a cursid thing: For it is evere weri of weel doyng. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 3 Ladies..that..were..honoured..for her weldoinge and goodnes. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Thess. iii. 13 Brethren be not weary in well doynge. 1574 E. Hake Touchestone for Time Present sig. E^v Of sinne commeth death: Of wel doing commeth life. 1609 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1816) IV. 461/2 To the end that..be gratificatioun of his weill affectionat subiectis they micht continew thair ardoir and affectioun in weill doing. 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xv. 128 He suffered for well doing, and we for ill. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 55 We are so made, that Well-doing as such gives us Satisfaction. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. i. 9 Laugh at your ain toom pouches—it will be lang or your weel-doing fill them. 1883 R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles Antigone 703 Welldoing and fair fame of sire to son, Of son to sire, is noblest ornament. 1944 Z. N. Hurston Let. 8 Sept. in Life in Lett. (2002) 503 Let us take the responsibility for our share of ill-living as well as the praise for well-doing. 2002 A. Clarke Polished Hoe (2003) i. 9 It is more better for a man to suffer for his well-doing, than for his evil-doing. †b. Admirable conduct in battle; valour; military prowess. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > [noun] > warlike excellence worshipOE chivalry1297 vassalage1303 bountyc1330 valuea1393 well-doingc1475 war-proofa1616 nine-worthiness1663 c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 32 Rewardis..in londis and goodis to every man for theire welle doing that day. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. l. 361 The douglas so weill him bare, That all the men that with hym ware Had confort of his weill-doing. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxvii. 550 But the cristin ne myght but litill space endure, ne hadde be the well doinge of the v knyghtes of the reame of logres. a1525 G. Myll Spectakle of Luf in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 273 Thi manheid and weilldoing in armes. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1921) II. ii. l. 4150 Men worship byis oft dere..For-thy suld na man for na thing Say vther than gude for weill doing. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xv. 201 Those [Politicks] of Vienna had as bad an issue here, as they had in Poland, when they counselled war, with a very fine shew of well doing, in the year, 1635. c. In plural. Good deeds; virtuous actions. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > the doing of good deeds > good deeds righteousnesseOE rightfulnessc1350 well-doings1538 merit works1635 1538 Bible (Coverdale) Ep. Ded. sig. ✠ii Do not y^e enemies of gods word ceasse yet..to seke out new occasions, how they may depraue & synistrally interprete our wel doynges. 1571 H. Latimer Serm. 1st Sunday Epiph. in Frutefull Serm. ii. f. 186^v Seing we shall haue no rewarde for our well doynges. 1647 W. Rose Balaams Better Wish 35 Thinke on the death of the righteous... Whose death is..the day when he receives a gracious reward of his well doings. 1729 W. Law Serious Call xviii. 341 God is as well pleas'd with their well doings, as with yours. 1861 Mrs. H. Wood East Lynne II. ii. iv. 18 His ill doings or well doings cannot affect us for the short period he is likely to remain. 1902 G. M. Adam in J. Lord Bracon Lights of Hist. XIV. 108 In such benevolences and well-doings, and in this life of renunciation and self-sacrifice, Ruskin spent himself. 1982 D. Heyd Supererogation vi. 128 In the same way as there are non-obligatory well-doings, so must there be ‘permissive ill-doings’. 2. The fact or condition of doing well or thriving; welfare, good health; prosperity, success. Cf. well-being n., well-doing adj. 2. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] selthc888 healc950 wealOE goder-heala1225 prosperity?c1225 wealtha1300 statec1300 healtha1325 welfare1357 theedom1362 wealfulnessc1374 bonchiefa1387 felicity1393 boota1400 wella1400 wealsc1400 well-doingc1440 prosperancea1460 happiness?1473 quartfulness1483 brightnessa1500 goodnessa1500 sonsea1500 thriftiness?1529 prosperation1543 well-being1561 prosperousness1600 fair world1641 thrivingness1818 goldenness1829 palminess1875 c1440 (a1401) Life Bridlington in Neuphilol. Mitteilungen (1970) 71 140 (MED) He þat takes a gude purpose, Of weledoyng he may not lose. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxlvi In hope of wel doyng, and of gettyng agayne the double of thy lesyng. 1557 Queen Mary I in M. A. E. Wood Lett. Royal Ladies (1846) III. 313 The lady Latimer, who, of a natural and motherly affection, doth tender the well-doing of her said daughter [etc.]. 1573 Manutius' Phrases Lat. 254 Your welfare and weldoing reioyceth me as muche, as mine owne. 1625 Ld. Mountagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 262 We are glad to hear of your well doing. 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry II. 415 For..the increase and well-doing of the plants. 1800 W. Wordsworth Michael 432 A good report did from their Kinsman come, Of Luke and his well-doing. 1854 Poultry Chron. 2 338 Houses..for fatting wild fowl,..whose well-doing was so considered, that [etc.]. 1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island ix. 93 ‘Our ten [children] have done well.’.. ‘They certainly..seem to have had a fairly large allowance of descendants apiece, if that is well-doing.’ 2012 J. Moss Aristotle on Apparent Good ii. iv. 88 Whether or not Aristotle has an account of how things like insults or undeserved well-doing are perceptible, he clearly thinks that they are. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). well-doingadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈduːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈduɪŋ/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and do v. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., English doing , do v. Etymology: < well adv. + doing, present participle of do v. Compare Middle High German woltuende that behaves in a righteous manner (German wohltuend now only in senses ‘pleasant, agreeable’ and ‘soothing’).In some instances in Old English (as also in apparent compounds of wel well adv. with other forms of dōn do v.) perhaps reflecting a compound verb, especially when translating classical Latin benefacere (see benefit n.), itself often written as two separate words (i.e. bene facere ). Compare Old English (rare) weldōn to satisfy, please, translating classical Latin satisfacere satisfy v. Compare also Old English weldōnd benefactor (apparently < well adv. + do v. + -end suffix¹). 1. That behaves in an admirable or righteous manner; †valiant (obsolete); beneficent; diligent in performance of work or duty; virtuous, respectable. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [adjective] well-doingeOE orpedOE eglechea1250 hendc1275 i-wihtc1275 valiantc1330 valiantc1330 sadc1384 wighty14.. bounteousa1440 valorous1477 warlike1488 valorous1490 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adjective] > acting rightly or that does good well-workinglOE well-doing1609 eupractic1833 orthoprax1852 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xvii. 107 (heading) Hu se reccere sceal bion ðæm weldondum monnum [L. bene agentibus] for eaðmodnesse gefera. OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xxxix. 2 Se man wæs weldonde on eallum þingum. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 4773 Four score..Hardi and wele doinde kniȝtes. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Pet. iii. 6 As Sare..of whom ȝe ben douȝtres wel doynge [L. benefacientes]. c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 141 Alle þat in þis lif ȝeuen hemself to be wel wilninge, wel doynge, studinge hou þei myȝten alle here graces and goodnesses þat þei hadden receyued, [etc.]. c1480 Medulla Gram. (Pepys) f. 29^v Beneficus, wele doyng. 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K3 And controuersie hence a question takes, Whether the horse by him became his deed, Or he his mannad'g, [= managed] by'th wel doing Steed. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. i. 331 That his Master may find him doing, yea welldoing. 1700 P. Danet Compl. Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. at Euergetes At the birth of Osiris a voice was heard, says Plutarch, proclaiming that the great and well-doing King Osiris was born. 1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 188 I am safe, not for my own deserts, but those Of a well-doing sire, who hath been found Righteous enough to save his children. a1886 D. Grant Sc. Stories (1888) 76 Sic an honest, weel-daen woman as I kent my wife to be! 1914 C. Bulwer-Lytton Prisons & Prisoners ix. 192 A well-meaning, and according to his powers a well-doing man. 1992 A. Carnegie in D. F. Burlingame Responsibilities of Wealth 14 The well-doing and industrious poor. 2. Scottish and Irish English (northern). Prosperous, successful; thriving. Cf. well-to-do adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] i-selic888 wealyc893 blaed-fastOE i-sundfulc1000 full-thrivenc1175 well-donea1200 wealfulc1230 i-selec1275 neotsumc1275 prosperc1350 wealsomea1382 well begonea1393 prosperable?c1422 thriftyc1440 prosperousc1450 quartful?c1475 wealthyc1480 wella1500 prospering1587 felicious1599 thriving1607 felicitous1641 prospered1651 well-faring1712 well-doing1800 made-up1956 1800 Anti-Jacobin Rev. & Mag. Mar. 123 ‘Above me,’ said Tom Chink, ‘I don't see as how a green-grocer's daughter is above a well-doing tin-man.’ 1834 J. Galt Stories of Study III. 44 Lions is surely a very well-doing town, but it is not just such a thriving place as Glasgow. 1897 ‘L. Keith’ My Bonnie Lady vii. 67 ‘Do you know nothing of her folk?’ ‘Nothing, forby that they are well-doing in the world.’ 1928 J. Buchan Montrose 237 The plenishing of many a well-doing citizen. 1944 M. Scott in T. Deeson et al. Stones that ground Corn (2002) 15 The 3,000 or so inhabitants of Omagh, most of them warm and well-doing in their neatly thatched houses. 1987 A. Blair Sc. Tales (1990) 97 An orphan, reared in the well-doing home of James and his wife. 2004 in Sc. National Dict. New Suppl. (Electronic text) at Weel-daein [Edinburgh] She mairriet a weel-daein laddie fae Perth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1384adj.eOE
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