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单词 decayed
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decayedadj.

/dɪˈkeɪd/
Etymology: formed as decay v. + -ed suffix1.
1. Fallen off, impaired, or reduced in quality, condition, health, freshness, prosperity, fortune, etc.; spec. in decayed gentlewoman.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective]
werrarc1475
worser1495
decayeda1522
derogate1608
depraved1610
deteriorated1656
worserer1720
worsened1822
the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor gentlewoman
decayed gentlewoman1851
a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. Prol. 148 To haue beyn in welth and hartis blyss, And now tobe dekeit and in wo.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Idleness To reliefe such decayed men in syckenes.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 190v For the comforting..of a decayed memory.
1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence Pref. Ep. A restitution of decayed intelligence.
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 16 The neglected, and I may say decayed Trade of Fishing.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 165. ¶1 Theodosius was the younger Son of a decayed Family.
1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. viii. 75 A decayed beauty.
1851 N. Hawthorne House of Seven Gables ii. 46 We might point to several little shops of a similar description..where a decayed gentlewoman stands behind the counter.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 97 It was contended that decayed boroughs ought to be disfranchised.
1893 Bookman June 83/1 A decayed civilization with many repulsive features.
1921 G. B. Shaw Let. 13 Jan. in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1952) 218 The celebrated decayed gentlewoman who had to cry laces in the street for a living but hoped that nobody heard her.
1961 J. Gloag Victorian Comfort viii. 212 Impoverished widows and spinsters of the middle classes, who were officially described as ‘decayed gentlewomen’.
2. Physically wasted or impaired; that has begun to crumble or fall in pieces or to rot; ruined.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > decayed
rottena1382
marcid?a1425
bada1450
decayed1528
carious1530
mouldy1576
perished1587
decrepit1594
moskered1612
marcidious1656
mortified1673
ampery1736
daddocky1790
1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. xlvi. 89 The pope lieth in an old palace..ruinous and decayed.
1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. D5v Walnuts..repaire decaied teeth.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 247 Thence wee came to the decayed lodging of Caiphas.
a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xvi. 147 Wine, tho' it be decayed..is nevertheless useful as Vinegar.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 80 Formed of decayed or rotten leaves.
1883 Daily News 17 May 6/1 Decayed gooseberry—a sickly, bluish lilac.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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