单词 | fatherlike |
释义 | fatherlikeadj.adv. A. adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > fatherhood > [adjective] > resembling one's father fatherlikea1500 a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vii. l. 947 Fadyr lik in al his dedis. 1614 R. Wilkinson Paire of Serm. 11 It were well for the child, if it were not so fatherlike..as it is. 1693 P. Strachan Map Little World i. 5 Commonly Children Patriscent follow the ill of the Parents, and they are Father-like. 1708 O. Dykes Moral Reflexions Eng. Prov. ix. 30 A Chip of the Old Block, is the vulgar Nick-name of a Father-like Boy, that is look'd upon to be no Bastard. 2. Such as is appropriate to or characteristic of a father; such as a father would do; fatherly, paternal. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > fatherhood > [adjective] > proper to a father fatherlyeOE paternala1450 fatherlike1540 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus i. i. sig. E Men shal most hyghly commend thy gentylnes..if it shewe forth it self bothe easy and fatherlyke towardes his chylde [L. si sese exerat..facilem & piam & bonam]. 1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill (new ed.) f. 296v There is one fault finding which is iudgelike, & another which is fatherlike. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 138 This manner of breaking of bread was verie fatherlike and commendable among the elders of olde time. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 296 He gave them father-like education. 1654 T. Fuller Comment on Ruth 156 in 2 Serm. Young men will hereupon take occasion..to..despise their..Father-like authoritie. 1709 J. Rowe tr. Sallust Historian 7 Their Father-like Care and Sollicitude for the Publick. 1788 M. A. Meilan Friend of Youth II. 7 I have scorned your father-like instructions. 1872 London Jrnl. 27 Apr. 267/1 You should ha' showed her your love and affection in a fatherlike way. 1913 W. Winter Wallet of Time II. xv. 525 He caused Fagin to assume a fatherlike manner,—to become an eccentric, benevolent, elderly person, of genial disposition. 2008 Philadelphia Daily News (Nexis) 22 Aug. 125 In the shadows, beaming with fatherlike pride, is Lloyd's personal trainer. 3. Of a person: having the aspect and bearing of a father; assuming a fatherly role. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > fatherhood > [adjective] > resembling a father fatherlike1542 fatherly1777 1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. D.viiv Sendyng the suche a vertuous, mercyful, fatherlyke and puyssaunt a Prynce. 1580 T. Churchyard Pleasaunte Laborinth: Churchyardes Chance f. 7v Bothe graue of looks, and fatherlike of face. 1629 S. Austin Vrania 43 Thou mayst iustly cast away A worthlesse wretch, who needs would disobey So Father-like a Master. 1660 ‘I. P. Philanthropus’ Ειρηνικον 97 A father-like Tutor in the University. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Apr. 2/1 One of the most loveable and father-like men I have ever seen. 1907 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 2 May 494 But you, good shepherd, fatherlike and wise. 1978 Washington Post 17 Aug. c4/4 There is a more reserved, softer and slower-speaking mayor who..better fits the image of a respectable and fatherlike chief executive. 2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons i. ii. 15 He was fatherlike to me as well. 2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 Mar. a3 The state media depicts the nation's leader as a fatherlike protector. B. adv. In a manner characteristic of a father; like a father. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > fatherhood > [adverb] fatherlyOE fatherlike?a1513 like a father1830 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 40 Ȝoung monkis..in the courte thair proud flesche dantis, Full fadirlyk. 1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. D3 How father-like he giues affliction bread. 1675 T. Brooks Word in Season 176 in Paradice Opened Observe how fatherlike he melts and mournes over them. 1710 Some Refl. St. Joseph iv. 91 We must..humbly beg St. Joseph's helping Hand, that as He, Father-like assisted that poor Virgin in the Reformation, so likewise he will favour us his Petitioners. 1836 H. F. Lyte Spirit of Psalms (ed. 4) 152 Fatherlike He tends and spares us. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 9 The feeble infant..Whom Enoch took,..and fondled fatherlike. 1920 W. C. Thorley tr. F. de Malherbe Fleurs-de-lys iii. 99 And the sad counselling Brought to thee fatherlike by thyne old friend. 2004 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 7 Feb. a1 I was talking fatherlike to her and I told her not to let it bother her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.a1500 |
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