单词 | well-moralized |
释义 | well-moralizedadj. Now rare. Having, governed by, or expressive of good or sound morals. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > [adjective] goodeOE dowingc1175 well-theweda1200 thewful?c1225 goodfulc1275 flourisheda1375 virtuousc1390 honesta1393 fine?a1400 theweda1400 well-manneredc1400 well-conditioneda1425 moralc1443 mannerlya1500 virtuala1500 graceful1611 well-moralized1624 well-principled1635 morate1652 unlicentious1737 respectable1750 nice1799 1624 W. Ingpen Secrets of Numbers vi. 36 There are 4 properties of a good wife; To bee well borne, to bee well formed, to be well moralized, to bee well dowred. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 15 Why God would call the Magi..to Christ? Not because they were Wisemen, or men well morrallized. 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 69 There are more Examples of ill Living than of ill Thinking, and a well-moralized Conversation, is a greater Rarity, than an Orthodox Head. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 119 Chaucer, whose native Manners-painting Verse, Well-moraliz'd, shines thro' the Gothic Cloud. 1873 Empire of Brazil at Vienna Universal Exhib. 238 Affording every facility to laborious and well moralized immigrants. 2009 C. Nehring Vindic. of Love iv. 124 Far from resembling the well-pitched, well-turned, and well-moralized Divine Comedy, Vita Nuova is a document of raw human passion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1624 |
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