well-thumbedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈθʌmd/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈθəmd/

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

Etymology: < well adv. + thumbed adj.

Esp. of a book: bearing marks of frequent handling; much read or used. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > by thumb-marks

well-thumbed1728

thumbeda1800

bethumbed1839

thumby1900

thumb-stained1934

1728 Velvet Coffee-woman 29 The..Book was one of her favourite Authors, and well thumb'd about the middle of it.

1733 T. Dawson Appeal to Genuine Rec. & Test. Heathen & Jewish Writers ii. iv. 3 They took up their well-thumbed Quarto.

1798 Youth's Misc. xliii. 208 Those well-thumbed volumes..recal a thousand tender recollections to my mind.

1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 271 She used to hear me read French out of a well-thumbed copy of Telemaque.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxvii. 241 A couple of well-thumbed tambourines.

1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. 254 A large collection of greasy well-thumbed Miscellany volumes.

1929 Daily Express 7 Nov. 12/2 Some well-thumbed phrases have a queer sense of incongruity to the thinking mind.

1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 136 A well-thumbed address book of breweries to visit round the year.

2006 G. Mortenson & D. O. Relin Three Cups of Tea (2007) vi. 57 Twelve thousand eight hundred dollars in well-thumbed hundreds were stacked in a worn green nylon stuff sack.

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

单词	well-thumbed
释义	well-thumbedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈθʌmd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈθəmd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., thumbed adj. Etymology: < well adv. + thumbed adj. Esp. of a book: bearing marks of frequent handling; much read or used. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > by thumb-marks well-thumbed1728 thumbeda1800 bethumbed1839 thumby1900 thumb-stained1934 1728 Velvet Coffee-woman 29 The..Book was one of her favourite Authors, and well thumb'd about the middle of it. 1733 T. Dawson Appeal to Genuine Rec. & Test. Heathen & Jewish Writers ii. iv. 3 They took up their well-thumbed Quarto. 1798 Youth's Misc. xliii. 208 Those well-thumbed volumes..recal a thousand tender recollections to my mind. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 271 She used to hear me read French out of a well-thumbed copy of Telemaque. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxvii. 241 A couple of well-thumbed tambourines. 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. 254 A large collection of greasy well-thumbed Miscellany volumes. 1929 Daily Express 7 Nov. 12/2 Some well-thumbed phrases have a queer sense of incongruity to the thinking mind. 1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 136 A well-thumbed address book of breweries to visit round the year. 2006 G. Mortenson & D. O. Relin Three Cups of Tea (2007) vi. 57 Twelve thousand eight hundred dollars in well-thumbed hundreds were stacked in a worn green nylon stuff sack. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1728
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