单词 | dueful |
释义 | duefuladj. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. = due adj. (in various senses); proper; fitting, appropriate; rightful. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > fitting or proper methelyeOE ylikeeOE fairOE i-meteOE rightOE becomelyc1175 proper?c1225 featc1325 conablea1340 rightful1340 worthyc1350 pursuanda1375 covenable1382 dignec1385 convenablec1386 thriftyc1386 sittingc1390 comenablea1400 gainlya1400 meeta1400 wortha1400 convenientc1400 meetlya1425 suinga1425 fitc1440 tallc1440 worthyc1450 good1477 dueful?a1527 beseeminga1530 fitting1535 straighta1538 decent1539 answerable1542 becoming1565 condecent1575 becomed1599 respective1605 befittinga1612 comely1617 decorous1664 shape-like1672 beseemly1737 farrantly?1748 fitly1840 in order1850 ?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 116 They may see whether they have maide there Bargans in dewfull tyme or nott. a1599 E. Spenser Canto Mutabilitie vi. xxxv, in Faerie Queene (1609) sig. Hh5v Of my desert, or of my dewfull Right. 1747 G. Ridley Psyche in Museum 25 Apr. 93 Cupid..with dueful Bow Beg'd her to doff the Keeness of her Look. 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 84 Ere to the furrows you consign Their dueful seeds. 1892 G. Ferguson Our Earth I. vii. 182 The guiding star its dueful course hath run. 1908 N. Stevens Tompkinsville Folks iv. 42 Thet's jest like people thet misers up all the money they git their hands on an' let their minister go without his dueful pay. 2002 J. P. du Plessis in D. De Kee & R. P. Chhabra Transport Processes in Bubbles (ed. 2) xi. 274 Another problem is that of the proper referencing and dueful acknowledgment of all the relevant research work published in the literature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1527 |
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