A condition, state, situation, or plight. Frequently with modifying word specifying the type of situation or plight (as good, evil, etc.). Now histo…
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释义 | the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] > good or bad condition or order (13) point?c1225 A condition, state, situation, or plight. Frequently with modifying word specifying the type of situation or plight (as good, evil, etc.). Now histo… plighta1375 With neutral or positive sense. Now rare. waya1400 In prepositional phrases with in. A particular state or condition, esp. (in early use) one which is likely to lead to success or prosperity, or… ply1443 Condition, state, fettle; esp. in in ply, in good ply: in good condition, fit; similarly out of ply: in bad condition. Chiefly Scottish. ploy1477 Plight, condition; = ply, n. 1. rare. abyss1548 figurative. An extremity of some condition or quality (usually a negative one); a condition from which recovery is impossible or unlikely. order1569 The overall state or condition of something; normal, healthy, or efficient condition; (with modifying adjectives, as good, bad, etc.) condition… kilter1582 Good condition, order. Only in prepositional phrases, as in in kilter, into kilter, etc. (cf. also off-kilter, adv. adj.). Chiefly in out of kilter… trim1628 Condition, state, or order, esp. for work or action of any kind: usually qualified by an adjective. tilter1674 Proper condition; order: perhaps originally of cultivated land, and afterwards of things generally. fettle?1748 Condition, state, trim; in (to be) in (good, high,etc.) fettle. Also in plural the points, ‘ins and outs’ (of anything); but this may belong to fettle… kidney1763 figurative. Proper condition or state, order. colloquial. Obsolete. fix1816 (originally U.S.) A position from which it is difficult to escape, a ‘tight place’; a difficulty, dilemma, predicament. Also, condition, state… |
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