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单词 well-moneyed
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well-moneyedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈmʌnɪd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈmənid/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and moneyed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., moneyed adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + moneyed adj.
Having plenty of money; rich, wealthy.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > having large amount of money
pecuniousc1400
moneyed1457
well-moneyed1479
purse-full1600
pursy1602
flush1603
moneyful1604
moneyfied1620
millioned1747
millionary1816
millionaire1864
millionairish1874
coiny1891
multimillionaire1893
financialized1898
stakey1919
1479 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 515 I was nott weell monyed, for I hadde nott paste x m[a]rke.
1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus ii. i. sig. Iiij The storer of some well moneyed mayster [L. cellarius cuiuspiam nummatioris domini].
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. ii. 86 The soldiers..designed out the well moneyed masters [L. dites dominos] to pray vpon.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. iv. 88 The Doctor is well monied, and his friends Potent at Court. View more context for this quotation
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. viii. 180 So well-moneyed he was, that for ten yeares together he might for every day expend an hundred marks.
1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Epistles i. vi, in tr. Horace Wks. II. 249 The goddesses, Persuasion and Venus, grace the well-monied man.
1892 London Q. Rev. Apr. 16 Men of good position, of good estate, well-born and well-moneyed.
1927 Rotarian Sept. 17/3 He was not so well-moneyed as many other young eligibles.
2011 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 19 May 12 Upscale restaurants geared towards the well-moneyed customer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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