well-ˈnurtured,ppl.a. 1535Coverdale Ecclus. xxvi. 14 A well nurtured mynde.1605R. F. Dedekind's Sch. Slovenrie (1904) 4 Well nurturde youth.1781Cowper Table-T. 634 A well-nurtur'd train Of abler votaries.1850Thackeray Pendennis iii, A well-nurtured boy, brave and gentle.