well-workingadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈwəːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈwərkɪŋ/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and work v. and -ing suffix².

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

Etymology: < well adv. + working adj.Compare Old English welwyrcend , noun (see well-worker n.).

†1. Disposed or inclined to do good; virtuous. Obsolete (rare after 16th cent.).

ΘΚΠ

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

well-workinglOE

well-doing1609

eupractic1833

orthoprax1852

lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) i. 11 Ic þe halsie, ðu arfæsta, wel wilende, and wel wyrcende drihten [L. clementissime pater], þæt þu me underfo.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 30 Thou was alway well-wirkand, To me trew as stele.

1575 W. Patten Cal. Script. f. 135 The well woorking God.

1597 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. liii. 241 Well-working single-hearted Men in silence..Will not apply.

1854 J. A. Giles tr. M. Paris Eng. Hist. III. 447 In the end, when some discreet and well-working men were added to the council,..the nobles more clearly perceived the truth of the matter.

2. That works well; operating or functioning properly or efficiently.

ΚΠ

1795 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Essex 29 At Earls Colne the land in general is a well working soil.

1828 R. J. Bryce Sketch Plan for Syst. Educ. in Irel. (Knowsley Pamphlet Coll.) 45 There are facts and principles developed, but we want to have them combined into a vigorous and well-working practical system.

1897 Ld. Salisbury in Times 19 Jan. A well-working arbitration system would be an invaluable bulwark to defend the Minister from the jingoes.

1960 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 74 347 A well-working market needs to meet efficiently the requirements of all willing buyers and sellers.

1997 Text 10 134 A well-working society is one in which the inevitably differing interests of different individuals and groups are mediated and balanced.

2010 Amer. Econ. Rev. 100 679 Markets and hierarchies..have distinctive roles to play in a well working economy.

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

单词	well-working
释义	well-workingadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈwəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈwərkɪŋ/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and work v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., working adj. Etymology: < well adv. + working adj.Compare Old English welwyrcend , noun (see well-worker n.). †1. Disposed or inclined to do good; virtuous. Obsolete (rare after 16th cent.). ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [adjective] > acting rightly or that does good well-workinglOE well-doing1609 eupractic1833 orthoprax1852 lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) i. 11 Ic þe halsie, ðu arfæsta, wel wilende, and wel wyrcende drihten [L. clementissime pater], þæt þu me underfo. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 30 Thou was alway well-wirkand, To me trew as stele. 1575 W. Patten Cal. Script. f. 135 The well woorking God. 1597 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. liii. 241 Well-working single-hearted Men in silence..Will not apply. 1854 J. A. Giles tr. M. Paris Eng. Hist. III. 447 In the end, when some discreet and well-working men were added to the council,..the nobles more clearly perceived the truth of the matter. 2. That works well; operating or functioning properly or efficiently. ΚΠ 1795 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Essex 29 At Earls Colne the land in general is a well working soil. 1828 R. J. Bryce Sketch Plan for Syst. Educ. in Irel. (Knowsley Pamphlet Coll.) 45 There are facts and principles developed, but we want to have them combined into a vigorous and well-working practical system. 1897 Ld. Salisbury in Times 19 Jan. A well-working arbitration system would be an invaluable bulwark to defend the Minister from the jingoes. 1960 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 74 347 A well-working market needs to meet efficiently the requirements of all willing buyers and sellers. 1997 Text 10 134 A well-working society is one in which the inevitably differing interests of different individuals and groups are mediated and balanced. 2010 Amer. Econ. Rev. 100 679 Markets and hierarchies..have distinctive roles to play in a well working economy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.lOE
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