单词 | decayed gentlewoman |
释义 | > as lemmasdecayed gentlewoman 1. Fallen off, impaired, or reduced in quality, condition, health, freshness, prosperity, fortune, etc.; spec. in decayed gentlewoman. ΘΚΠ 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’. < as lemmas |
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