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单词 afaitement
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afaitementn.

Forms: Middle English afetement, Middle English affetement.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French afetement.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman afetement, afaitement, affaitement, etc., manners, decorum (13th cent.), preparation, treatment (in the passage corresponding to quot. c1400 at sense 2) < afaiter afaite v. + -ment -ment suffix.
Obsolete.
1. Proper behaviour or conduct; (good) manners.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > upbringing > [noun]
nourishingc1325
nurturec1330
afaitementc1400
nurseryc1400
nortelryc1405
alterage?c1450
nouriturec1450
rulec1525
upbringingc1525
education1527
nourituring1555
nutriture1567
breeding1577
nurturing1578
nuzzling1586
rearing1611
frame1632
seasoning1649
nurtureship1837
child-rearing1842
paedotrophy1857
raising1929
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > as a result of good breeding
gentilesse1340
gentryc1390
afaitementc1400
gentleness?c1400
gentility1590
breeding1600
good breeding1603
genteelism1849
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 662 Þe þrid hym techeþ to pleye at balle, Þe fierþe afetement of [a1425 Linc. Inn to afeyte men in] halle.
2. Preparation or treatment.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > preparation of something for use
afaitementc1400
dressing1419
readyinga1500
dressing up1526
adighting1567
fitmenta1616
fit1883
pretreatment1899
c1400 Femina (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 26 (MED) Of þyse apples y say ȝow also þe manere & þe affetement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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