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单词 downlooked
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downlookedadj.

Forms: see down adv. and looked adj.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down adv., looked adj.2
Etymology: < down adv. + looked adj.2, after down look at down adj. 1a. Compare slightly earlier downlooking adj.
depreciative. Obsolete.
That (habitually) has downcast eyes or a lowered countenance; guilty-looking, sullen; demure, sheepish; hangdog. Cf. downlooking adj.
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the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective] > sheepish
sheepa1556
downlookinga1626
downlooked1636
sheepish1693
1636 J. Featley Obed. & Submission 10 Not the grave-bearded Brownists; nor the down-look't Separatists.
1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F1v I never lik'd such demure down-look'd Fellows.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Blank, baffled, down-look't, sheepish, guilty.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 42 Jealousie..Down-look'd, and with a Cuckow on her Fist.
1778 Public Advertiser 6 June (advt.) She is a Milliner, about 22 or 23 Years of Age, rather short and thin, down looked, light brown Hair.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iii. xix. 105 Men..of evil mien, Down-look'd, unwilling to be seen.
1884 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Jan. 7/1 True representative tramps they were, filthy, unkempt, ragged, sullen, slouchy, down-looked.
1914 A. H. Plumb When Mayflowers Blossom v. 80 I thank thee, William. I am helped, and thou shalt never find me downlooked and bitter at my lot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018).
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